I have seen painted pottery indeed, it's just that I don't remember
any image of Caesar on one. Could you give me an example of Caesar's
image in color or in pottery from classical times?
As for modern genetics, I would also like to know how can they say
whether he was Mediterranean or not, since they can't say who Caesar's
descendants might be, nor thay can trace the DNA from any of his
remains, and the genetic composition of Italy has varied due to
different invasions from north and south since classical times.
The mediterranean sun can be toughon blondes allright, but let's
remember that the latins had arrived only a 1000 years before, if
that. Hence Caesar, could still be blonde, since pigmentation
adaptation takes longer than that (eg. 400+ yrs. of whites in south
africa and no trace of darklening in them has yet showed up). I agree
that the sun is mean in Italy and Greece and all, but it's still
exaggerated to say that it's an off-limits environment for fair
skinned people.
J. Caesar might well have been mediterranean type but I frankly don't
consider your reasons good enough proof to set the record straight.
--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:
> Siglo:
> >By the way, how can you tell he was mediterranean and darker
skinned
> >if the surviving statues have no color any longer?
>
> Ever seen painted pottery before?? Plus, logically, based on modern
> genetics,
> and given the more southerly locale of the mediterranean, a darker
pigment
> is more likely than near albinoism here. And certainly, even if
anyone was
> really white they'd get tanned real quick in the Grecian sun or die
from
> skin cancer at an early age.
>
>
> = gLeN
>
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