And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, June 22, 2026
A stone statue of Gudea, ruler of the Sumerian city of Lagash, dating back to 2120 BC. This statue is one of twenty-seven statues of Gudea that are currently housed in several museums around the world.
Yes. 1 Samuel 5:1-3 The Philistines and the Ark [1] When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. [2] Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. [3] And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place. https://www.esv.org/1+Samuel+5/
"There are 27 of them?"
ReplyDeleteOf course,you get a better deal ordering in quantity!
Everybody wanted one, they were quite the rage.
ReplyDeleteGuy looks East Asian. Maybe he had some Genghis Khan in his family history?
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about antiquity?
ReplyDeleteEveryone got thier noses busted off.
Is there an era where people went around breaking noses off of statues?
Yes.
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The Philistines and the Ark
[1] When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. [2] Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. [3] And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.
https://www.esv.org/1+Samuel+5/
Must have been a popular guy.
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