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ROME: Engineering an Empire

I updated the Bestselling Book of August section, including some new releases, maybe it will inspire one or two what to read next (and maybe review it here) http://www.unrv.com/book-review/bestsellin...g-august-04.php regards viggen

nice style, i liked it! cheers viggen

"The Herodes Atticus Hamam, situated in the ancient ruins of Alexandria Troas, is believed to be the largest bath from the Roman era in Anatolia and is just waiting to be unearthed," excavation team leader and German archaeologist Professor Elmar Schwertheim told the Anatolian Press. "Up until 1809 the major part of the structure was standing, but after an earthquake only the visible part of the arches remains." full article at Turkish Daily News

The J. Paul Getty Trust, which has said it was fully cooperating with an Italian investigation into the antiquities trade, did not disclose a series of letters and photographs showing that its chief antiquities curator maintained close relationships with dealers suspected of selling looted art, according to documents and interviews. full article at Ktla.trb.com

A researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology is unraveling a mystery surrounding Easter Island. William Basener, assistant professor of mathematics, has created the first mathematical formula to accurately model the island

Thanks Skarr for your suggestions We just sent out the 4th editon of the UNRV Newsletter, if you havent received it yet then check your spam box All Newsletters are archived and can be found online

hi rebecca and welcome at unrv! (gheez, i completely overlooked that post, thanks augur for bringing it back) augur if you get a copy, maybe you could write a review for our review section? regards viggen

State archaeologist Rick Jones has been displaying one of Indiana's oldest man-made relics at public events for so long that he never considered the possibility someone might steal it. But earlier this month at the Indiana State Fair, someone walked away with a 12,000-year-old stone spear point that Jones said is among the rarest items in the state's collection of relics. full article at Indy Star

hi Rutilia Victrix, welcome on board, and i hope you enjoy your stay here! regards viggen

that would be great to get some more people here... about Hellenophiles, i am not sure if that is such a good idea right now, we try to focus on roman history and dont want to have for every topic a board that is low populated but rather a focussed board with lots of interaction... however as we all know the roman society was heavily influenced by the greek society so maybe there is an angle for a sub forum on a later stage... regards viggen

yeah sure we can make this book the next one on the list and we get it delivered to you next month... regards viggen

Dr Robert Sallares, of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology has a theory that one of the contributing factors were a malaria epidemy... more info here

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY archaeologists are joining Czech colleagues to study the world

a nice overview about the show and some infos about he cast are on this page http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressrele...t/26/rome.shtml Canada; http://www.channelcanada.com/Article965.html Germany; PayChannel Premiere will broadcast it in winter and after that free tv channel RTL will broad cast it shortly afterwards... regards viggen

wow, seems like a free broadband access in the states is not that far away...

i checked the stats, about 500 people have made at least one post or more, so thats actually pretty impressive lurking and not posting is a normal phenomenon that happens to all forum, many just prefer to read... if anyone has an idea how to encourage our silent readers to step up and start posting, feel free to post your ideas... regards viggen

Archaeologists excavating along the ancient Via Egnatia are revealing the secrets of the ancient Romans' equivalent of an Interstate highway. Stretching 535 miles across modern-day Albania, Macedonia and Greece, the stone-paved road made the going easy for charioteers, soldiers and other travelers. It was up to 30 feet wide in places and was dotted with safety features, inns and service stations. full article at Foster Online

There are two features we would like to integrate, first a fully forum integrated gallery some features are; Uses your forum's member database Uses your forum's skin Links in member profile to their gallery Uses the IPB posting system Uses GD 1.6.2, GD2, ImageMagick Watermarking images Thumbnail creation Resize images Enable/Disable E-Cards Maximum image dimensions Set thumbnail size Choose image for watermarking Set watermark opacity Restrict image viewing to specified domains Optionally display an anti-leech image when your images are hotlinked Keep detailed bandwidth logs Choose if thumbnail viewing is logged Enable/Disable Image Rating system Choose to display rating graphically, with text, or with both Enable/Disable displaying of last 5 images uploaded on gallery index Enable/Disable displaying of 5 random images uploaded on gallery index Enable/Disable displaying of gallery statistcs on gallery index Enable/Disable special gallery category Choose positioning for special gallery category Choose how many images to display per row and colum for special gallery category Choose default image ordering for special gallery category Reorder gallery index the second feature we would like to implement is a blog for each forum member, some features are; Allow members toCreate external linked Blogs Create local (hosted) Blogs Moderate their own Blog Overview of all members with a Blog View how many views, entries, comments each Blog has View the last entry or comment Numerous filtering and ordering options Search entries on keywords RSS feed of latest entries of all Blogs Pin and Disable Blogs Blog statistics Favourite Blogs (1.1) Blog ratings (1.1) Top 10 links (1.1) Redirect to the external linked Blogs Blog page with latest entries and customizable content blocks Quick clicks to manage your own Blog Add entries with full BB-code and attachment support Posting entries as draft to be published later Users can comment on Blog entries Moderation options (lock, edit, delete entries and comments) Filter entries on categories Archive page About me page View Entries of a given day or month RSS feed Trackback Limit entry size on main Blog page (1.1) Strip forum header/footer (1.1) Dynamic Header Images (1.1) Search this Blog (1.1) Gallery Album entries (1.1) ArchiveGet an overview of all entries in the Blog Conveniently ordered per month and day About MeView some personal information of the Blog owner View statistics of the member's Blog Pre-installed Content BlocksMini calendar My Blog links (links to About Me, RSS feed, Archive) Last 10 Blog Entries My Gallery Albums (requires Invision Gallery to be installed) My Picture (1.1) Last 10 Blog Comments (1.1) Customize your blogChoose between different viewmodes (list, list per date, list per month) Choose how many entries shown per Blog page Choose how many comments per page Define categories for the entries Allow/Disallow guest viewing/commenting Allow/Disallow RSS feeds Allow/Disallow the About Me page Make your Blog private Private Club Blog (allow a limited number of members to see it) (1.1) Enable/Disable Content Blocks Define Custom Content Blocks Reorder Content Blocks Choose placement of Content Blocks (left / right) Enable friendly URL's Lock a skin to your Blog (1.1) Integration in IPBBlog link Manage your Blog from the UserCP My Blog link in memberbar My Blog links in profile and card those feature will be available with the upgrade of the forum from version 1.1.2 to version 2.1.0 while version 1.1.2 was free the version 2.1.0 is a commercial product that will cost us a licence fee which we are happy to invest for our community, moonlapse will make the upgrade shortly and hopefully soon we can all play around with all the new features... regards viggen

hi spartacus2, welcome to unrv and no need to apologize, we are all here to share our thoughts and ideas! regards viggen

cool, thanks allot ursus, it is now featured in our review section regards viggen

A group archeological burial site dating back to the Roman period was unearthed 800 meters northwest of Sheizer village, Hama Governorate, as a statue of a goddess was also discovered in a nearby place. full article at Arabic News

Pascal Normand has decided to sell his 5,000-year-old megalithic tomb, but he is being very choosy about who gets it. "Ive got to feel that the buyer has a real passion for the monument, even if he decides not to open it to the public," Normand said about his dolmen -- a Neolithic tomb consisting of two or more upright stones with a capstone -- in Bagneux, western France. full article at Yahoo News

A local brickworks north of the Italian capital provided material used in some of Ancient Rome's most famous monuments, new excavations suggest . Tiziano Gasperoni, an archaeologist at Tuscia University near Viterbo, has uncovered the remains of a Roman site that appears to have produced bricks for the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Trajan Markets and Hadrian's mausoleum . full article at Physorg.com

just stumbled over this program which seems to be very interesting, and will be on air on september 5. http://www.historychannel.com/rome/ regards viggen