roman brick new in collection

galba68 · Nov 27, 2017

ancient coin hunter said: ↑

Oh I forgot, I've got a couple of pot sherds and an amulet from Hermopolis Magna (Egypt). This was a site with very long habitation from pre-Pharaonic through Ptolemaic and Roman periods. The town is now called El-Ashmunein. They came from near the temple of Thoth. The guard insisted I take them as a gift after he walked me around the site. Since he was carrying around an AK-47 I thought that it was a good idea to do what he said. I also sat down for awhile near the temple gateway and smoked a shisha (water pipe) with two policemen. It's an area that's off the beaten path for tourism, so they don't get too many visitors. There also were some very nice Greek inscriptions remaining near the center of the old city, carved in stone, and piles of mud-brick everywhere. The ancients wrote that the city had five and six story buildings back in early Roman times.
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good one, ac hunter..

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Mikey Zee · Nov 27, 2017

Dang, I wish I could spend time doing what you do @galba68 ....
Being the first to rediscover coins/artifacts after all of these centuries is my idea of a terrific time well spent

dadams · Nov 27, 2017

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