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Re: The skull(s) of Julius Caesar
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"Carl J. Chimi" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:42:29 +0000
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It's an old joke. Whether it originated with Mark Twain or not, I can't say.  But I first heard it over 50 years ago, except the skulls were those of the old and young Montezuma. 
Carl

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On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 4:38 PM -0800, "Scott Holmes" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:










I received a question via my web site on what may be an excerpt of
something Twain published: a visit to a souvenir shop in Italy where he
was shown a skull purported to have been that of Julius Caesar. 
 Rejecting that skull, the proprietor returned with a smaller skull. 
 He said it was from a younger Julius Caesar. 

Is this familiar to anyone?
 

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