Mysterious 'Winged' Structure from Ancient Rome Discovered.

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#1 FMAB_GTO
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A new structure has been discovered in England that has no typical Roman era building characteristics. Archaeologists have discovered a Roman era structure in the Norfolk area of England that has no known parallels to any other buildings from that same time period. "Generally speaking, [during] the Roman Empire people built within a fixed repertoire of architectural forms," said professor William Bowden. "What they were trying to achieve by using this design is really very difficult to say." I can't link. http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-winged-structure-ancient-rome-discovered-143605645.html
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#2 Pirate700
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This is news? :?

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:lol: This is the first thing I thought of. It's a building that has a separate sections! ALIENS!

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#5 Frattracide
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I didn't know the Romans liked tetris.

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#6 FMAB_GTO
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This is news? :?

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If it's not I'm sorry :( But I'm sure it is very recent at least hmm.
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#7 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

This is news? :?

FMAB_GTO

If it's not I'm sorry :( But I'm sure it is very recent at least hmm.

No, I mean how is a building with sections news? Why are we supposed to care?

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[QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]

This is news? :?

Pirate700

If it's not I'm sorry :( But I'm sure it is very recent at least hmm.

No, I mean how is a building with sections news? Why are we supposed to care?

It's a mysterious ancient structure... Like Stonehenge... But really i was expecting wings >.>
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#9 FMAB_GTO
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[QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]

This is news? :?

Pirate700

If it's not I'm sorry :( But I'm sure it is very recent at least hmm.

No, I mean how is a building with sections news? Why are we supposed to care?

I just though it was interesting. Ah well maybe it is just me.
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"] If it's not I'm sorry :( But I'm sure it is very recent at least hmm.FMAB_GTO

No, I mean how is a building with sections news? Why are we supposed to care?

I just though it was interesting. Ah well maybe it is just me.

Didn't mean to come off as a jerk. Just really currious why this is supposed to be news or interesting. :P

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#11 Oleg_Huzwog
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So... some guy 2,000 years ago built an extension so his mother-in-law could move in?

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So we aren't talking about a structure that can fly? Too bad.
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#13 Ace6301
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When I first read "winged" structure I immediately thought "Don't even blink". Sadly they meant a building with attached add-ons. Lame.
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#14 deactivated-5f9e3c6a83e51
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Wonder if it is the angle hoax from that simpson's episdoe.

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UFO!

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If it's not angels, it's definetely aliens.

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My God. A backwards seven. ...through a mirror.

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#18 sonofsmeagle
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[QUOTE="JC346"]

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damm you beat me to it
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#19 THE_DRUGGIE
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Must've been an ancient Rome hipster who thought roman architecture was too mainstream.

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Disapointed. I wanted Aliens.

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#21 branketra
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This is news? :?

Pirate700
Yes. If a building has completely different architecture than everything else around it, that implies a different culture or at the least, something was special about it. Especially in Rome, where a majority of their buildings are based on arches.
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#22 Saturos3091
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This is news? :?

Pirate700
It is news. Whether or not you think it's interesting is another story. Archaeology has always fascinated me. I feel like it's significantly more mundane when you're actually part of the field though.
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#23 FMAB_GTO
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

This is news? :?

Saturos3091
It is news. Whether or not you think it's interesting is another story. Archaeology has always fascinated me. I feel like it's significantly more mundane when you're actually part of the field though.

Thank You!
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Its a winged penis isn't it?

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So... some guy 2,000 years ago built an extension so his mother-in-law could move in?

Oleg_Huzwog
Why would he let his mother-in-law live with him, let alone go through the trouble of building an extension for her? Roman ways are so alien to me.
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#26 Bloodseeker23
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This is news? :?

Pirate700
Everything is news for yahoonews
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#27 geraldwillkill
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Does anyone else ever get the feeling people of the past just designed odd looking structures just to troll future humans?

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Looks like Star Crystal to me.

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[QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]

This is news? :?

Pirate700

If it's not I'm sorry :( But I'm sure it is very recent at least hmm.

No, I mean how is a building with sections news? Why are we supposed to care?

What kind of question is that? You care if you care, otherwise you don't. I personally find the discovery of a mysterious ancient building rather interesting. I hate people who respond to anything mysterious with ridicule, such as the guy above who posted that stupid picture as if the article even mentions aliens.
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#30 Lonelynight
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This is news? :?

Pirate700
yes it is :|
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Damnit beat me to it :P

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"] If it's not I'm sorry :( But I'm sure it is very recent at least hmm.PernicioEnigma

No, I mean how is a building with sections news? Why are we supposed to care?

What kind of question is that? You care if you care, otherwise you don't. I personally find the discovery of a mysterious ancient building rather interesting. I hate people who respond to anything mysterious with ridicule, such as the guy above who posted that stupid picture as if the article even mentions aliens.

Out of curiosity, do you know what the picture is from? For me, and quite a few other people, it was the first thing to come to mind.
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

This is news? :?

Bloodseeker23

Everything is news for yahoonews

Haha, it's true. I've seen so much crap on Yahoo's front page...

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[QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]No, I mean how is a building with sections news? Why are we supposed to care?

Pirate700

I just though it was interesting. Ah well maybe it is just me.

Didn't mean to come off as a jerk. Just really currious why this is supposed to be news or interesting. :P

I think it's pretty interesting. History is kinda a hobby of mine, especially Roman history.

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

This is news? :?

BranKetra
Yes. If a building has completely different architecture than everything else around it, that implies a different culture or at the least, something was special about it. Especially in Rome, where a majority of their buildings are based on arches.

How do they know that this building didn't have arches?
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#36 Bloodaxe726
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Does anyone else ever get the feeling people of the past just designed odd looking structures just to troll future humans?

geraldwillkill

More importantly, if they did, are we falling behind?

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#37 foxhound_fox
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I find it kind of funny that all buildings are expected to follow some kind of absolute paradigm.

This might have been the ancient world's equivalent to our modern day's "hipster architect."

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#38 Engrish_Major
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[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

I find it kind of funny that all buildings are expected to follow some kind of absolute paradigm. This might have been the ancient world's equivalent to our modern day's "hipster architect."

Coincidentally, they did find a fixie bike and some ancient Vampire Weekend recordings near the site.
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#39 wolfbm
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Maybe it was one guy who built his place different from how everyone else was just to be different.
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#40 Morphic
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Im sure people had the same kinda laugh when they said the earth wasnt the center of the univere. You shouldn't point and make fun when it comes to things like aliens helping people in the past or anything that seems far fetched. In a years or a hundred you might look the fool.

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#41 branketra
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[QUOTE="Saturos3091"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]

This is news? :?

It is news. Whether or not you think it's interesting is another story. Archaeology has always fascinated me. I feel like it's significantly more mundane when you're actually part of the field though.

I'm sure it is. Using a pocket duster to uncover a building sounds really boring.
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#42 branketra
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"][QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]

This is news? :?

Yes. If a building has completely different architecture than everything else around it, that implies a different culture or at the least, something was special about it. Especially in Rome, where a majority of their buildings are based on arches.

How do they know that this building didn't have arches?

I don't know. It may actually have arches. I was just mentioning that fact to explain how Rome engineered most of their buildings. The significant part was already mentioned, too. It has wings.
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