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An interesting article about HBO Rome (mainly on Kevin McKidd - Lucius Vorenus) enjoy http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=2165812005 cheers viggen

hi pertinax oh no, please there is nothing wrong with a second opinion! cheers viggen

Yeah, Ursus made even a review on it! http://www.unrv.com/book-review/rubicon.php cheers viggen

We changed the Usergroups to a more roman style! The Usergroup Admin is now Triumvirate (hey we are three admins, so it fits! The Usergroup Moderator is now Praefectus Regular Members are now Usergroup Plebeians Previous Members Group "Citizens" (which gives you the ability to have your own blog on UNRV, and full access to the Gallery) is now "Equestrians" We also created a completely new Usergroup for previous "Equestrians" that contributed with articles and/or book reviews, called "Patricians" (Every month we give one roman history related book to the "Patricians" as a on going thank you for the outstanding contribution those membes have made towards UNRV.com" Those Usergroups are not related to post count, and are elected by merit only from Admins!!! oh, and the banned members are now "Damnatio"

On Oct. 27, 1870, the North Alabama steamed up the Missouri River, burning through a cord of wood every hour. As it traveled, riding high on the river, paddle wheels churning, it snagged on something just beneath the water. The hold filled with sand. The crew couldn't save their ship, so they salvaged what they could. Now, the remains of a ship that archaeologists think is the North Alabama sit exposed, uncovered for the first time in 75 years. full article at ArgusLeader

In their decade-long investigation of the illicit antiquities trade, Italian authorities have amassed the strongest evidence to date that the most prized ancient Greek vase in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art was looted. The Euphronios krater, described as one of the finest antiquities ever obtained by the Met, has been a source of controversy since the museum acquired it 33 years ago. full article at Verweg.com

Remains of the skeletons of 23 men, 10 women, and 2 children have been discovered during the archaeological excavations in Kharand cemetery, said CHN. The 3000-year-old cemetery of Kharand is located in Semnan plain. Archaeological evidence in the cemetery indicates that the people of this region were nomads and migrated in between the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and the Semnan plain in summer and winter. full article at IranMania

Have a good one! Three cheers to our mechanic!

King Tutankhamen drank red wine, says a researcher who analyzed very dry traces of the vintage found in his tomb. Maria Rosa Guasch-Jane, who briefed reporters Wednesday at the British Museum, said she had invented a process which gave archaeologists a tool to discover the color of ancient wine. Guasch-Jane also discovered that the most valued drink in ancient Egypt, shedeh, was made of red grapes. full article at ABC News

We think this months Book Give Away is a special treat for our hardworking Mod! Ursus will receive the book There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire by Michael Gaddis (we hope we got the topic right for you) btw. Hamilcar Barca and Skarr, any progress on reviewing/reading the books? oh and also Osander, how far are you? cheers and thanks viggen

Forget the dusty guidebooks and the crumbling ruins. An exhibition amid the Roman Forum invites visitors to don 3-D glasses and watch the alluring dance of a slave who has been dead for two millennia, or stroll through the streets of ancient Rome with the click of a mouse. "Imagine Ancient Rome" presents some 50 multimedia projects showing Rome's greatest monuments as they used to be. full article at Globe and Mail

How to track post On our forum you have the option to track threads, or entire forums and get email notification every time someone posted in the subscribed forum/thread... You can set it to get the mail immediately or daily/weekly in a patch... This is a handy feature that allows you to follow interesting discussions or to stay up to date on whats going on when you are not online for a while... How to do it! Forum subscription: go the the Forum of your choice e.g. The Temple . On the right hand side, just below the New Topic button is a menu called Forum Options, click on it, the last option is "Subscribe to this forum" click on it, now you should be in the Forum Subscription: The Temple Control Panel where you can choose your form of notification. After you have choosen your prefered method, click on proceed. Done! Topic subscription: the same procedure then above with the difference that you go to a specific thread that you want to follow... cheers viggen

There is only little we know about the Quadi, and all that we know is from roman sources... For a general good book on germanic people i can recommend The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples cheers viggen

The legend says he was running naked in the streets shouting Eurekea after he discovered the principles of density and buoyancy, (Archimedes' principle) while taking a bath... btw for more info on him, This is a great site about Archimedes.... cheers viggen

About 1.5 million men in northern China and Mongolia may be descended from a single man, according to a study based on Y chromosome genetics. Historical records suggest that this man may be Giocangga, who lived in the mid-1500s and whose grandson founded the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 to 1912. full article at Nature

Archaeologists found the oldest worked metal in Europe while excavating an early Neolithic village near the village of Dzhulyunitza in central Bulgaria, state TV reported Sunday. The 3 metal finds are 8,000 years old. full article at BNN

hello General Pompeius Magnus and welcome to unrv.com! cheers viggen

hello Decimus_Vitus Welcome to UNRV.com and thanks for your kind words... We dont use banners, so no exchange is possible, but feel free to participate in our forum (and mention once in a while your site ) cheers viggen

AN image of a Roman gladiator wearing only a G-string has been dug from the bed of the River Tees. Broken Roman pottery, decorated with the picture, was recovered from the river at Piercebridge. Archaeologists believe the figure of a gladiator, who also appears to be holding a whip, may be the first of its kind ever discovered. full article at Teesdale Mercury

Archaeologists have excavated a trove of Stone Age human skeletons and artifacts on the shores of an ancient lake in the Sahara. The seven nearby sites include an extensive cemetery and represent one of the largest and best preserved concentrations of ancient skeletons and artifacts ever found in the region, researchers say. full article at National Geographic

Excavations in Cremona have confirmed a legendary description of the city's destruction in December 69 AD by the Latin historian Tacitus . Archaeologists working in the area of Piazza Marconi believe they have found evidence of the northern Italian city's brutal pillage following a clash between the forces of Emperor Aulus Vitellius and his challenger, Vespasian . Tacitus's graphic description of the rampage by Vespasian's troops is famous among scholars but there was no way to prove it actually happened . via Ansa.it

ah a revolt.... I like Revolts, especially those when I have all the Mod-buttons cheers viggen

A friend of mine is studying classic archaeology in Innsbruck/Austria, she was two years in excavating in the roman town Aguntum (I even made a little report of it with some pics http://www.unrv.com/roman-events/aguntum.php Maybe you can contact the University of Innsbruck? try this email (you can write in english if you cant speak german) auslandsabteilung at uibk.ac.at cheers viggen

Hehe I believe the Authority called Reality, and i do think that in the 21st century the closest thing that resembled Rome at its peak is the USA of today... cheers viggen

The Association of Graduates from the National Institute for Archaeological Sciences and Heritage (ALINSAP) and the Tadaoul Association for Education and Heritage (Tangiers) have appealed for the recently-discovered site of Dhar Asekfane, near Ksar Sghir, to be saved from destruction. The site was discovered by chance last August during work on a section of the motorway between Tangiers and Oued R'mel. A rescue excavation was organized to evaluate its archaeological value and decide on its fate. full article at Morocco Times