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The lost tomb of Caligula has been found, according to Italian police, after the arrest of a man trying to smuggle abroad a statue of the notorious Roman emperor recovered from the site.

After reportedly sleeping with his sisters, killing for pleasure and seeking to appoint his horse a consul during his rule from AD37 to 41, Caligula was described by contemporaries as insane.

With many of Caligula's monuments destroyed after he was killed by his Praetorian guard at 28, archaeologists are eager to excavate for his remains.

Officers from the archaeological squad of Italy's tax police had a break last week after arresting a man near Lake Nemi, south of Rome, as he loaded part of a 2.5 metre statue into a lorry. The emperor had a villa there, as well as a floating temple and a floating palace; their hulks were recovered in Mussolini's time but destroyed in the war.

The police said the statue was shod with a pair of the "caligae" military boots favoured by the emperor – real name Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; as a boy, Gaius accompanied his father on campaigns in Germany; the soldiers were amused he wore a miniature uniform, and gave him his nickname Caligula, or "little boot".

The statue is estimated to be worth €1m. Its rare Greek marble, throne and god's robes convinced the police it came from the emperor's tomb. Under questioning, the tomb raider led them to the site, where excavations will start today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/caligula-tomb-found-police-statue?CMP=twt_fd
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tvc en route as we speak
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I wonder if his corpse still has a hard on.
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You thought the mummy's curse was bad...
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that's pretty cool. I'd like to see more pictures regarding the tomb.
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that's pretty cool. I'd like to see more pictures regarding the tomb.

They've only just started searching it, so hopefully we'll get some pictures in the next few weeks or so.
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I wonder if his corpse still has a hard on.

Yes, but they aren't sure whose hard on it is yet.
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that's pretty cool. I'd like to see more pictures regarding the tomb.

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Way NSFW, Mamacint.
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Gundam's basement re-modeling project really paid off though, I gotta say.
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that's pretty cool. I'd like to see more pictures regarding the tomb.

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Caligula was truly a man ahead of his time. :bow
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The tissues next to the monitor are a nice touch.
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that's pretty cool. I'd like to see more pictures regarding the tomb.

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:rofl
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Gundam's basement re-modeling project really paid off though, I gotta say.

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I'll have to wait until I get home to check out the pics.
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Hey, how did you guys get pictures the inside of my brain??  ???
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Oh fuck that. That's more like Lyte's basement than mine. :lol
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I knew you were going to be pissed when I only saw one Gundam thing in there.
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