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A medieval city which disappeared 700 years ago may finally have been unearthed. Monmouth Archaeological Society believes it may have discovered the location of `the lost city of Trellech' just a few miles south of the current village of the same name. In the 13th Century, Trellech was the largest community in Wales and with nearly 400 burgages (houses) it was bigger than Cardiff or Caerleon. Evidence has suggested the city may have burned to the ground more than 300 years prior to the Great Fire of London, bringing a violent and sudden end to civilisation there. full article at This is Gwent

The combination of full-moon high tides and rough surf from Tropical Storm Alex in early August scoured several more feet from the tip of the island, where several Civil War battles were launched. The dunes, which have been under assault for more than a year as the Lighthouse Inlet tidal channel shifted south, now have a shear escarpment 15 feet tall. full article at Myrtle Beach Online

Hadrian's Villa, the largest and among the most sumptuous of the villas built by Roman emperors, is open for floodlit evening tours. Visitors to the villa, which is situated near Tivoli, about 25km east of Rome, will be given guided tours of the site by an archaeologist. There are four guided tours each evening from Thursday to Sunday until August 29. Hadrian became emperor in AD 117 and began building the villa the following year, completing it a decade later. Many parts of the villa were based on famous buildings in Egypt and Greece. full article at Tandem

Hello KoolDrew and welcome to UNRV! Did you have a look at http://www.unrv.com/government/laws.php ? there is a list of Roman Laws http://www.unrv.com/government/index-of-roman-laws.php cheers viggen

hi kama, seems like you had lots of fun any photos?

Since 1990, Sagalassos has become a large-scale, interdisciplinary excavation of the Catholic University of Leuven, directed by Marc Waelkens. We are now exposing the monumental city center and have completed, or nearly completed, four major restoration projects there. We've also undertaken an intensive urban and geophysical survey, excavations in the domestic and industrial areas, and an intensive survey of its vast territory. Whereas the former document a thousand years of occupation, from Alexander the Great to the seventh century, the latter has established the changing settlement patterns, the vegetation history and farming practices, the landscape formation and climatic changes during the last 10,000 years. full report including field notes, find of the week and plenty of photos at archaeology.org

Archaeologists have made a remarkable 1400-year-old discovery which indicates early medieval Scots were better educated than their southern counterparts. Re-examination of an ex-tremely rare leather artefact, originally thought to be a jacket and which was displayed in Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow for 40 years, has revealed that it was actually a book satchel. full article at The Herald

The remains of a sixth century princess found in a Lechlade archaeological dig have been placed in a museum. Because she was buried among jewellery, archaeologists decided to nickname her Mrs Getty. This was a joking reference to the wealthy American oil dynasty. Mrs Getty is thought to have been between 25 and 30 years old when she died about 1,500 years ago. full article at Evening Advertiser

Glad you guys like it! if you have some questions regarding the photos or the report let me know... cheers viggen

Determined digging by badgers living near Stonehenge's 5,000-year old circle of megaliths is damaging ancient archaeological artefacts and human remains. The shy nocturnal animals are burrowing into pre-historic burial mounds on Salisbury Plain. Their excavations have already disturbed some of the thousands of human remains and rare artefacts buried a few feet beneath the surface of the Plain on which Stonehenge -- a world heritage site -- sits. full article at Yahoo News

Today we issued our first UNRV Roman History Newsletter. So check your inbox! If you haven' yet signed up to our Newsletter that keeps you up to date on the latest additions on UNRV.com and in the world of Roman Archaeology, you can do that here! If you missed it, no worries, all our newsletters will be available in the archive.

The report and the photos are now online.. Enjoy!

A human skeleton dating back to the Crusader era (12th century) was discovered recently in Jaffa during excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The excavations are being carried out on a street in the Jaffa flea market to save potential relics before the area undergoes renovation. full article at Haaretz

Here are all the books we listed in the first week of August; Archaeology of the Roman Economy by Kevin Greene Cicero: On Duties by Marcus Tullius Cicero Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays Vitruvius: Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius, Ingrid D. Rowland, Thomas Noble Howe Vinum: The Story of Roman Wine by Stuart Fleming The Ancient Economy by M. I. Finley The Age of Martyrs by Abbot G. Ricciotti, Anthony Bull The Inner Citadel by Michael Chase, Pierre Hadot feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anyone read one of those already? cheers viggen

Hello Valens, thanks for sharing and taking the time for researching and posting it here, we really appreciate it... Concerning errors i pass the buck to primuspilus, he knows so much more then me about this particular period... regards viggen

Historians at the British Museum have been studying a 13th century crucifix unearthed in a Northamptonshire field by treasure hunter Steve Kane. The solid silver cross was found by Mr Kane while he was using a metal detector in the field at a farm near Grendon. The father-of-two had been scouring the land at Grendon House Farm, which is owned by Jim Brodie in the village's Main Road, for more than two hours when he found the crucifix, which dates back to the 1200s, two inches under the surface. found at Northhampton Today

Nowaday i don't think communism is an issue any more... There is North Korea (which is a dictatorship) and Cuba (which is a dictatorship) so not sure were a communicstic society left? regards viggen

For someone who never learned latin, but would like to do so, i can really recommend Latin for Dummies.. Yes, learning latin can be fun!

Nice contribution Spurius! An interesting question would be to ask, if one maybe can still see today some difference between was once Romen Empire territory and countries (areas) that never where under Roman control... cheers viggen

A survey probing the history beneath Lincoln's two ancient commons has shed new light on the lives of our ancestors. Both West Common and South Common are known to have been used for recreation since Roman times as well as for agriculture in the medieval era.But a geophysical survey carried out by an English Heritage team has now shown that the famous Roman Ermine Street also once ran across South Common. full article at This is Lincolshire

An Egyptian vase that for 30 years was dismissed as fake by experts, was yesterday revealed to be genuine - and older than the Pyramids. Tests carried out at York University have revealed the vase to be from a very early Egyptian burial dating back more than 5,000 years. Experts believe the vase may be one of the earliest depictions of an Egyptian burial on a ceramic vessel in the world. full article at the Independent

Hello Miki, We are actually in the process of writing the report and compiling the pages for the photo gallery, you should be able to see them over the weekend, it will be announced on the homepage... cheers christian

A trowelful of pips and sediment is in the process of overturning the centuries-old snobbery with which mainland Italian connoisseurs have regarded the rustic wines of Sardinia. The world's largest wine producer has discovered that it owes a massive debt to the island's growers. Dutch and Italian archaeologists digging in the fertile Sardara hills north of Sardinia's capital Cagliari said yesterday that they had discovered grape pips and sediment dating to 1,200BC. Sardinia, it seems, may be the cradle of European wine culture. full article at the Independent

My list would be... 1.Trajan 2.Aurelianus 3.Severus cheers viggen

A 3,500 year old temple from the Late Bronze Age has been discovered at Tall al-Umayri just south of Amman. The walls and cultic shrine of a temple dating from about 1,500 BC were uncovered at the end of July at the Bronze and Iron Age archaeological site by excavators working for the Madaba Plains Project and the Jordan Department of Antiquities. full article at the Daily Star