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1,600-Year-Old Genius, A Roman Guardian Spirit Discovered At Vindolanda

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A well-preserved Roman relief depicting a protective guardian spirit was found at Vindolanda in northern England, where it had been hidden beneath a barrack floor for over 1,600 years. The third generation of the Birley family of archaeologists uncovered it, making…

A deliberately concealed guardian spirit effigy hidden beneath a barrack floor raises questions about the persistence of apotropaic ritual behavior within nominally rationalized military institutions — the kind of covert sacred practice that may transmit
1,600-Year-Old Genius, A Roman Guardian Spirit Discovered At Vindolanda
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