Roman statue of Elvis - chiselled 1800 years before his birth!


	Roman statue of Elvis - chiselled 1800 years before his birth!

hitchhiker08

7-25-2008 1:59 PM

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elvis presley, rock-n-roll, music, roman, statue, bonhams, auction

hitchhiker08 says:

The King lives...longer than you can imagine?!

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7-25-2008 5:19 PM

boniface

His coming was foretold! He is the King!

7-26-2008 7:26 AM

silvanaraihane

don't think the elvis thing will ever die, he was a legend

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