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marketrent OP t1_ixndhbh wrote

November 24, 2022.

>A year-long study of the drainage system under the Colosseum has unearthed fragments of the bones of bears and big cats that were probably used to fight or as prey in hunting games in the ancient Roman arena, archaeologists said on Thursday.

>Other discoveries include more than 50 bronze coins from the late Roman period as well as a silver coin from around 170-171 AD to commemorate 10 years of rule of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, they added in a statement.

>Seeds from fruits such as figs, grapes and melons as well as traces of olives and nuts — thought to indicate what spectators snacked on during shows — were also recovered from the 2,000-year-old stone amphitheatre.

>The study, which began in January, involved the clearance of around 70 metres of drains and sewers under the Colosseum and is seen as shedding light on its later years before it fell into disuse around 523 AD.

Reuters via The Cyprus Mail

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chibinoi t1_ixnx0d8 wrote

Okay so, wait, according to this snippet, it was actually thought of that the above mentioned fruits and oils were the snacks, not the animal bones as the title sort of leads to be believed.

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Lark_Iron_Cloud t1_ixnxwbs wrote

There's an implied "and" in that comma. OP titled it like a newspaper headline.

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marketrent OP t1_ixnympt wrote

>Lark_Iron_Cloud

>There's an implied "and" in that comma. OP titled it like a newspaper headline.

Title is a facsimile of the news wire headline, in The Cyprus Mail.

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chibinoi t1_ixnzpds wrote

Oooh, okay, thanks that makes more sense.

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mozchops t1_ixqml3n wrote

During the games, my friends and I always order a whole bear thats been slowly spit-roasted over burning slaves.

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BeeExpert t1_ixp3jrv wrote

Damn I was really hoping to learn a way to eat bones in this post

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JackRusselTerrorist t1_ixpwqk6 wrote

Crack them in half, roast them, eat the marrow.

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cshotton t1_ixqz5kx wrote

"....wolf nipple chips! Badger tongues...."

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Wonderpants_uk t1_ixr6558 wrote

I don’t want any of that foreign muck! Why don’t you sell some proper food?

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epicurean56 t1_ixogwjr wrote

Any wolf's nipple chips?

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aphilsphan t1_ixp8pnm wrote

Course you don’t get bloody wafers with it.

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Dorkderfsalmom2 t1_ixotfhi wrote

When you think you land a great job then realize you will be analyzing people’s poop from over 2k years ago …

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89LeBaron t1_ixpnbhu wrote

thank you. why are all these sites pure cancer.

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MacDerfus t1_ixqv0ni wrote

And I'm sure some snacks just didn't preserve in any forms over the years as well.

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