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Work near Armageddon hopes to prove legendary ruler really existed. Five George Washington University students and their archaeology professor went to Armageddon this summer, not to search for clues to a cosmic battle yet to come between Good and Evil, but to seek understanding of civilizations past. One of the most important issues they addressed was whether a palace attributed to King Solomon in what is now northern Israel was in fact built by Solomon, the son of King David renowned for his wise leadership and for his illicit relationship with the queen of Sheba. full article with images at Detroit News
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Strange, in the UK you can pre-order Rome: Total War at Amazon, but not in the US, Isn't it usually the other way round?
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i like europe, because almost everywhere i can make some photos of the remains of the Roman Empire!
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and the share price is rising!
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A related discussion you can find here http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=400& cheers viggen
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An American-led expedition has discovered five new districts in what its leader describes as a massive metropolitan complex spread along a river valley through thick mountainous jungle on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes. "It is the oldest Chachapoyan find that we know of to date," said 31-year-old expedition leader Sean Savoy, just returned from leading a 21-day return trip to the ruins of Gran Saposoa, located some (335 miles) 540 kilometers north of Lima. full article at Peru.tk
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A forgotten Roman town has been unearthed in Gloucestershire after remaining buried under a farmer
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Great topic! Some of my favourite quotes are: In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides - You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself. (Petronius) In silvam ne ligna feras - Don't carry logs into the forest. (Horace) Potius sero quam numquam - It's better late than never. (Livy) and the one quote you only figure out when you as old as i am is from Seneca: We do not learn for school, but for life. - Non scholae sed vitae discimus
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Robert D. Wall is too careful a scientist to say he's on the verge of a sensational discovery. But the soybean field where the Towson University anthropologist has been digging for more than a decade is yielding hints that someone camped there, on the banks of the Potomac River, as early as 14,000 B.C. If further digging and carbon dating confirm it, the field in Allegany County could be among the oldest and most important archaeological sites in the Americas. full article at MSNbc
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Coastal fish pens built by the Romans have unexpectedly provided the most accurate record so far of changes in sea level over the past 2000 years. It appears that nearly all the rise in sea level since Roman times has happened in the past 100 years, and is most likely the result of human activity. Sea-level change is a measure of the relative movement between land and sea surfaces. Tide-gauge records show that the sea level has been rising 1 to 2 millimetres a year since widespread measurements began around 1900, but do not pinpoint when the trend started. full article at NewScientist
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for me communism means: a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production with the professed aim of establishing a stateless society... while socialism is: economic theory or system in which production should be for the public good rather than private profit
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Thanks, we hope to have more of those "expeditions" over time!
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John The Baptist's Cave 'found' In Jerusalem
Viggen posted a topic in Archaeological News: The World
A British archaeologist is set to reveal what he believes to be the location of John the Baptist's cave to the west of Jerusalem, The Times reported on Monday. Shimon Gibson, 45, has found a cave with a ritual baptism pool, rock carvings and pottery, which he linked to John the Baptist and his followers, the newspaper said. full article at IOL -
Roman and medieval artefacts have been discovered in the last two weeks as the excavations at Chester
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Excellent! Looking forward to it!
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that would fall under socialism which is quiet different to communism i believe...
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Kublai Khan was a conqueror of boundless appetite. When Japan refused to obey and pay tribute to the Mongolian ruler, he was outraged. Twice during the 13th century he sent massive fleets to invade Japan, possibly trying to seize its storied gold. Each time, though, the khan's aggression was repelled not by the Japanese military but by sudden storms that killed most of the invaders and destroyed their ships. The Japanese dubbed these storms kamikaze, or divine wind. full article at MSNBC
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Would be great pompeius if you had the time to write a review about Cicero.... cheers viggen
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Here are all the books we listed in the second week of August; The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture by George Hersey Greece and Rome at War by Peter Connolly Banking and Business in the Roman World by Jean Andreau, P. A. Cartledge, P. D. A. Garnsey, Janet Lloyd Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth by Susan Walker, Peter Higgs The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer The Roman Cult of Mithras by Manfred Clauss, Richard Gordon The Roman Fort by Peter Connolly feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anyone read one of those already? cheers viggen
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hehe, nice choice Spurius... would be nice to tell us a bit about him as not every one here knows about the brave man from early times... cheers viggen
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Archaeological experts have found West Halton was once possibly one of the most important, busy, bustling places in North Lincolnshire. And it was populated by wealthy and important people, experts from the University of Sheffield have found. A three-week dig came to a somewhat rainy end yesterday. Dr Dawn Hadley, who led the dig, said it had been a success and they had found many items from Anglo-Saxon days, including a comb made of bone. full artricle at This is Schunthorpe
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An $18-million preservation project will be launched at Herculaneum, the city of ruins about 10 miles southeast of Naples, Italy. That news, announced this month by the British School at Rome, a century-old research and cultural institution, delighted me. I love the ancient places around the Bay of Naples, crammed between noisy, polluted, densely populated modern suburbs, with beautiful but vaguely malevolent Mount Vesuvius on the horizon.
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She would have been a highly-skilled artisan who was buried 1500 years ago, her body covered with ornate jewellery and emblems of her high status. Yet, with her rings still adorning her toes, she was laid to rest in one of the most unusual burial sites known to archaeologists: beneath the floor of a busy Iron Age workshop. The discovery, at Mine Howe in Orkney, is extremely rare for an Iron Age site in Scotland and has baffled the team carrying out the dig. full article at The Herald
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Best ancient generals
Viggen replied to pompeius magnus's topic in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'
and my even more unscientific list Caesar Hannibal Alexander the Great Gaius Marius Sulla Arminius Scipio Aurelian Aetius in no particular order -
Best ancient generals
Viggen replied to pompeius magnus's topic in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'
I think you talk about Pharsalus found at http://www.unrv.com/military/battles-of-th...an-republic.php cheers viggen