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Archaeologists in Pakistan have unearthed an extremely rare hoard of copper coins, thought to be more than 2,000 years old, from the ruins of a Buddhist shrine built at the even more ancient site of Mohenjo-Daro.
The coins and shrine — known as a stupa — are thought to date from the time of the Kushan Empire, a mainly Buddhist polity that ruled the region from about the second century B.C. until the third century A.D., and conquered the Greco-Bactrian kingdom established in Central Asia by Alexander the Great.
The shrine sits among the vast ruins at Vehino Maro in what now is southeast Pakistan, which date to around 2600 B.C. and are from the ancient Indus Valley or Harrapan civilization — one of the oldest civilization in the world.
Here is the link for more about that.
2,000-year-old coin stash discovered at ancient Buddhist shrine in Pakistan | Live Science
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Pope to donate Golden Rose to ancient Roman icon of Blessed Virgin Mary.
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis will pay homage to the Blessed Virgin Mary with a Golden Rose placed at the feet of the ancient Roman icon of 'Maria Salus Populi Romani'...
The Basilica retains no trace of the two Golden Roses donated by the two Popes, which were probably lost during the Napoleonic invasion of the Papal States (Treaty of Tolentino, 1797)...
Source: Pope to donate Golden Rose to ancient Roman icon of Blessed Virgin Mary - Vatican News
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The value of the rose varies according to the munificence of the pontiffs or the economic circumstances of the times. Baldassari (1709) says that the rose conferred about the year 1650 cost about 500scudi d'oro (equivalent of about 1.7 kg of gold). The two roses sent by Pope Alexander VII were valued at about 800 and 1200 scudi respectively. Pope Clement IX, the Queen of France one costing about 1600 scudi, made of eight pounds of gold. The workmanship on this rose was exceedingly fine, for which the artificer received the equivalent of 300 scudi. Innocent XI caused seven and one-half pounds of gold to be formed into a rose, which was further embellished with many sapphires, costing in all 1450 scudi. Rock (1909) adds that in the 19th century not a few of the roses cost 2000 scudi and more.
Source: Golden Rose - Wikipedia
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In court records, law enforcement officers testify to stopping drivers by establishing “reasonable suspicion” of criminal activity due to Catholic symbols or objects on their cars, Daisy Vargas, a historian and professor of religious studies at the University of Arizona, told Catholic News Service Nov. 29 during a three-day theology conference in Bogotá.
She said that possessing images of Catholic saints, clutching prayer cards or hanging rosaries from rear-view mirrors have been cited in legal disputes to justify vehicle searches and even arrests.
A 2011 federal case in New Mexico stated that the presence of a rosary in a car “aroused suspicion” and justified a vehicle search since the involved officer’s “training and experience indicates that contraband couriers often keep religious articles on their vehicles to appear law-abiding and religious.”...
Wearing a rosary can make a Latino a target for police, historian says - Catholic Review
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So we are getting some northwest winds and north swells. I'd expect to see some small cuts on the front half of some neaches.
The low tides are still not getting very low.
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