November 20, 2007

AND ALL THEY WERE LOOKING FOR WAS A PLACE CALLED LEE HO FOOK'S:

Rome founders' sanctuary discovered (Peter Walker and agencies, November 20, 2007, Guardian Unlimited)

Italian archaeologists said today they believe they have found one of the ancient city's holiest sites, the cave venerated as the place where, according to myth, a female wolf nursed the city's founders, twin brothers Romulus and Remus.

Decorated with seashells and marble, the vaulted space lies buried 16 metres inside the Palatine hill, the centre of power in imperial Rome.

Archaeologists said they were convinced the site was the long lost site of worship known as Lupercale, a name taken from lupa, the Latin for a female wolf.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 20, 2007 3:14 PM
Comments

In those days female wolves were terms for prostitutes.

Posted by: ic at November 20, 2007 4:08 PM

Once again, an OJ headline makes my day.

Well, that and a good blood pressure check.

Posted by: ghostcat at November 20, 2007 5:17 PM

If only there was a way to work in a pina colada....

Posted by: ratbert at November 21, 2007 1:54 AM
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