2,000-year-old marble head of Rome's first emperor discovered

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A 2,000-year-old marble head of Augustus, Rome's first emperor, has been discovered in Isernia, an Italian town in the south central region of Molise

, has been discovered in Isernia, an Italian town in the south central region of Molise.

Giancola was following the works on behalf of the municipality of Isernia, but told CNN Thursday he didn't expect such a major find."So we continued digging with precision trowels and a block of marble has come out. I immediately saw that it was a head that I recognized as belonging to a statue of Augustus due to the hair and the shape and cut of the eyes.

"It was an important statue, but we do not know why it was here," she told CNN."It could have been placed in a temple dedicated to the cult of the imperial family, or in the forum. But these are just hypotheses, since we don't know where the forum was." Isernia, known as Aesernia in the ancient world, was the home of an Italic people named the Samnites. It later became a Roman colony. The town was partially destroyed during World War II but was rebuilt.

 

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Im guessing by the look of that chisled off nose, he may have been black........

HEY!! Hey, I know that guy! Dude owes me money!

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know. — Harry S. Truman

Archaeologist: I'm going to Isernia to get a little head.

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Now that’s cool!!!

Will Biden become America’s first emperor? With mail in ballots the dems can never go wrong .

Molise doesn't exist. It's a hoax.

Trump lost.

Becareful what you print. He was probably white!

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Must have been one of the defects from the assembly line. Don't get caught without the emperors photo op moment in the living room.

who's lost the marbles

This is not his face... Prove me wrong 🙃

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