Find a column of Jupiter at the bottom of a pit in Germany.
Berlin, Aug 24 .- German archaeologists have found at the bottom of a well near the town of Titz, in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, a column dedicated to the god Jupiter.
The column had to throw the well, about 1,800 years ago, Germans or Christians, presumably in an act that the Romans would consider a heresy, I explain today Geilenbruegge Udo, archaeologist of the Rhine Monuments, gaia gold, Office, the piece is in very good condition conservation and nearly complete, and was discovered during excavations in a coal mine in the open.
The column, which is made of sandstone, is 2.80 meters tall with a diameter of 30 cm and its top Jupiter rides on the back of a monster half human and half serpent.
In, STO gold, the center of the column, which represents the triumph of God over chaos, you can admire Juno, Jupiter's wife.
Geilenbruegge stressed that such columns usually adorned the villas of the Roman patricians, but rarely are in such good preservation.