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I had this today in my inbox, and thought its pretty funny... This was written by a guy... it's pretty damn smart. Girls -- Have a sense of humour! I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women diffe so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing.I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart. FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says, "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me." I said, "WHAT??!! What was that?!" So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... "You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man." She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?" Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep. The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take, so I told her we'd just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said, "Lets get a pair for each outfit." We went on to the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you... she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis. I think I threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey." She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation, she finally said, "I think this is all dear, let's go to the cashier." I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it." Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled, "WHAT?" I then said, "Honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman." And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?" Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either....but at least that girl knows I'm smarter than her. Alright girls. Repost this if you agree. Hell even if you disagree, forward it. Men, repost this because you have balls.

The marine branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered Roman artefacts dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries from the inter-tidal zone (the area between the high-tide and low-tide lines) of Elephanta Island. The find, made last winter, includes artefacts like wine amphorae (vases), pot sheds, storage devices, and stone anchors. The discovery shows that trade between Rome and India continued much later than previously thought. full article at DNA India

Roman mosaic art is often described as illusionistic because the cubes are laid on a two-dimensional, flat surface and the mosaicist has to convert his 'canvas' into a three-dimensional pictorial space. This often requires the use of difficult techniques to depict figures in the round, to create a receding background, or most spectacularly in non-representational floors to generate a trompe l'oeil effect (a receding geometric pattern). A fascinating new discovery from Pomezia, 20km south of Rome, has now taken the art of illusion in Roman mosaics to an unexpected new dimension. This floor was discovered in May in the 3rd-century phase of a villa first built in the 1st century AD at the ancient site of Palazzo Morgano near the Via Ardeatina. full article at Minerva Magazine

Romanian archaeologists have unearthed an unknown Roman stronghold dating back more than 2,000 years in the southwest Mehedinti County, Romanian Rompres news agency reported on Wednesday. The archaeologists discovered that the fortification, in the Izvoarele locality, was from the time of the Roman emperor Diocletian, showing that it was built after the Romans withdrew their armies from Dacia... full article at People`s Daily

Well, Islam is about 600 years younger then Christianity, so were was christianity around the 15th century? Yup, see the similarities? Maybe there will be something like a "Renaissance" for the Muslim too, who knows, till then they will keep beeing outraged if someone dares to says somthing against them and will shrug their shoulders if another church, plane, building, person goes up in flame in the name of their religion... cheers viggen

Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Pertinax. This book provides an excellent

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Well, now that we have this emperors words spread around the world, wouldnt it be nice to have some info on his life? Feel free to add your insights on one of the last byzantine emperors...

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You live in the land of the free, so go on a shopping spree, select a new provider and tell` your old Isp fare well... cheers viggen

Thats the coat of arms of my hometown, an eagles leg on a rock. It is the oldest coat of arms of any city in Austria, it is unchanged since AD 1240... cheers viggen

The amount of interesting people that are hanging out here is amazing! Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson by Tom Sito ...and Tom is a long time member here! when reading his bio, i though "wow, i think i saw most of those movies"! cheers viggen

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer This is the strangest book i have ever read, nothing came even close to it, the style, the setting, the story, everything was so totally different then anything else i have read before, and this master piece will be soon in the movies, it is one of the most expensive german movies ever made (50 million Euro)... I cant wait to see it... cheers viggen

Now this is a very fascinating project, a animation company from Austria in asscociatioin with viennas museums produced a series of Roman History related DVDs with Vienna and surroundings as the center stage.... (bare in mind all is in german, but the images and clips are very nice) Vindobona (Vienna) at Roman Times Video Clip on the right hand side you got several other short clips to choose from ( >> Michaelerplatz - Judenplatz -Contubernium - Streifenhaus) Those are all areas of todays Vienna how they could have looked like 2000 years ago... Vindobona II (Roman Vienna and Water Supply) Video Clip you have to click on the right hand navigation the link called "Trailer" ...and their latest one is about Carnuntum, follow this link and click then at the righ hand navigation the link called "Trailer" enjoy cheers viggen

Russian and German archaeologists believe they may have found traces of human settlement in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad that could lead to the legendary Viking trading centre of Wiskiauten. The find lies three kilometres south of the coastal resort of Selenogradsk in a field near the Curonian Spit, a narrow strip of sand dune off the coast... full article at Rawstory Interesting Detail; The researchers struck luck almost immediately, finding a Byzantine coin at the first structures. This is evidence of long- distance trade conducted by the Balts.

Archaeologists have unearthed the largest Neolithic female figurine ever found in Italy, according to a press report. The 7,000-year-old stone statuette, discovered during excavations of a burial site near the northern Italian city of Parma, is over 20 centimetres tall, the archaeological monthly Archeo reported. via Ansa.it

A villa dating back to the late Roman era has been unearthed in the ancient city of Laodicea, located close to the Aegean village of Eskihisar, announced Associate Professor Celal Şimşek, head of excavations at the site. Şimşek, of Pamukkale University, said the villa had been unearthed near a railway line to the south of the ancient city, reported the Anatolia news agency. full article at Turkish Daily News

Experts are examining the ruins of a pre-Columbian culture in an area of Honduras where there had been no previous evidence of major indigenous civilization. The site, discovered earlier this year, consists of 14 mounds that form part of what are believed to be ceremonial grounds, the Honduran Institute of Anthropology said. full article at ABC News

Could it be that in the great evolutionary "family tree," it is we Modern Humans, not the brow-ridged, large-nosed Neandertals, who are the odd uncle out? New research published in the August, 2006 journal Current Anthropology by Neandertal and early modern human expert, Erik Trinkaus, professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, suggests that rather than the standard straight line from chimps to early humans to us with Neandertals off on a side graph, it's equally valid, perhaps more valid based on what the fossils tell us, that the straight line should be from the common ancestor to the Neandertals, and the Modern Humans should be the branch off that. full article at Yubanet

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We had to edit it slightly, but well now it is online! http://www.unrv.com/book-review/struggle-f...diterranean.php Thanks Cohort!

A UN construction site in Bonn was converted to an archeological dig when a 2,000-year-old Roman village was discovered. Jugs, plates, remnants of a public bath and a paved street reveal a surprisingly modern people. Construction workers were in the middle of building a new UN convention center when they quite literally ran into the vicus, that is, a Roman village. The building project has now been put on hold while archeologists uncover the plates, pots, bones and other historical treasures that lie three meters (10 feet) underground. full article at Deutsche Welle

Eight times humans came to try to live in Britain and on at least seven occasions they failed - beaten back by freezing conditions. It stretches from 700,000 years ago and the first known settlers at Pakefield in Suffolk, through to the most recent incomers just 12,000 years or so ago. full article at the BBC

Here is an english transcript of the TV interview http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2345787,00.html cheers viggen

I am not a native english speaker, but that's never stopped me from twaddling along here!