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It remains one of the most remarkable Scottish archaeological excavations of all time, carried out by a self-taught amateur, and without the benefit of the aerial photographs and geophysical surveys that are considered essential today. A hundred years ago a Melrose solicitor, James Curle, was hatching plans to unlock the secrets of the largest Roman settlement in Scotland, where Agricola

In March, a Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) mission restoring the temple at Dendera uncovered the main chapel of the temple where the sacred boat of the goddess Hathor once stood. The boat found by the archaeologists, who have been working in Dendera since the beginning of the year, was used during the goddess's annual festival, one of the most delightful celebrations in Ancient Egypt. Pictorial representations of the sacred boats on which the ancient gods were borne from one temple to another are rare. Those surviving from the New Kingdom show that the sacred boat, usually depicted as papyriform, rested on a sledge-cum-stretcher which was carried in procession to a special barge and towed along the Nile. Its ends were decorated with grand collars, and the high shrine of the god amidships was inevitably portrayed as partially concealed by a white cloth. In representations where the colours are still preserved there is a suggestion of gilded hulls, while the shrine is adorned with precious stones. full article at Al-Ahram

Clinton Township company that tried to sell Viking artifacts from Sweden on the Internet has Swedish officials up in arms. The artifacts, including several swords and knives dating from 800 to 1050, were discovered on a Web site that was seeking bids for the antiquities, said Christian Runeby, an archaeologist who oversees the collection and preservation of antiquities on the Baltic sea island of Gotland. "We cannot for sure say that these artifacts have been pilfered, but I am pretty convinced that they come from a place called Vallstena on Gotland," Runeby said, adding that no permits were issued for their removal. William Fagan, whose antique weapons and armor company in Clinton Township had posted the artifacts for sale on its Web site, said he took the site down Thursday after he began receiving calls that suggested people were offended. full article at the Macomb Daily thanks to journaldan

The largest particle detector in Mexico is being built inside a pyramid in the ancient settlement of Teotihuacan. The equipment will detect muons, tiny particles that are created when cosmic rays bombard the Earth's atmosphere. Dr Arturo Menchaca and colleagues from Mexico's National Autonomous University hope that by tracking the muons through the pyramid, they can find cavities. This could indicate whether the kings of the ancient people who built the site are also entombed within it. full article at the BBC

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The meaning of a 250-year-old cryptic inscription etched on a garden monument remains a mystery today despite initial efforts to solve the riddle by Second World War code-breakers from Bletchley Park. Past and present experts from the Buckinghamshire centre gathered at the Shepherd

A tiny Iron Age tool found in Holland is one of the oldest objects unearthed in Europe made from the alloy steel. The 6cm-long punch has a carbon content (2%) rarely seen in iron-based objects from the region at the time. The 4th Century AD tool, which may have been used as a nail, was probably made using the process of furnace smelting. full article at the BBC

Archaeologists are starting work to restore one of Cornwall's prehistoric stone circles. Three of the stones at the Nine Maidens circle at Madron near Penzance which have fallen over will be re-erected in time for the summer. The project is a joint venture with Cornwall County Council, the Environment Department (Defra) and the Nine Maidens Commoners. full article at the BBC

A fingerprint impression left more than 1,800 years ago has been found on a jar unearthed in a Lincolnshire field. The print was discovered on the inside a Roman pottery fragment after an amateur archaeologist stumbled across it. Experts believe the impression is of an index finger and would have been made by the potter who crafted the item. The artefact was discovered in a field near Sleaford last month by metal detector user Tim Camm. full article at this is lincolshire

Archaeologists are dancing with delight after discovering a set of musical pipes believed to have been used 4,000 years ago by prehistoric man in Ireland, making them the world's oldest wooden instruments. Archaeologists discovered the six wooden pipes, which are not joined, during excavations of a housing development site near the coastal town of Greystones, south of Dublin. "It is brilliant, absolutely fantastic," Bernice Molloy, site director for archaeological consultancy firm Margaret Gowen said. "It is an amazing find. They had been preserved because they were in the lower part of the site which was damper," Ms Molloy said. full article at ABC

Hello Varinius and welcome on board! Some info on Military Ranks and on the offices and the Senate. cheers viggen

Here are all the books we listed in the second week of May; Around the Table of the Romans: Food and Feasting in Ancient Rome by Patrick Faas (Author), Sean Whiteside (Translator) Nero: The End of a Dynasty by Miriam T. Griffin The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar, S. A. Hanford Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon by B. H. Liddell Hart, Michael Grant The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome by Chris Scarre Cicero : The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt Histories, The by Cornelius Tacitus, Kenneth Wellesley feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anoyne read one of those already? cheers viggen

A Polish-Egyptian team has unearthed the site of the fabled University of Alexandria, home of Archimedes, Euclid and a host of other scholars from the era when Alexandria dominated the Mediterranean. The team has found 13 lecture halls, or auditoriums, that could have accommodated as many as 5,000 students, according to archeologist Zahi Hawass, President of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. full article at Salt Lake Tribune

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Hello bkunit, in case you havent, you should read as a starter the Deeds of the Divine Augustus to get some feel for the time. cheers viggen

A british historian has claimed to have uncovered the world's oldest evidence of the returning boomerang

yeah looks neat, when are you going to kick some Yanks again? cheers viggen

Hello Gaius, Yup, it was amazing how the romans recovered again and again of the many losses they suffered from Hannibal. btw we expanded our Punic Wars section conciderable since primuspilus last mentioned it. more about Punic Wars

Spanish police raided a winery in Aguilar de la Frontera near Cordoba in southern Spain on 21 March and seized over 5,000 archaeological artefacts which were on display in a clandestine museum in the cellars of the building. The hoard includes a second-century BC Roman statue of Bacchus, a Roman sarcophagus containing the skeleton of a slave with a ring around his neck, a large number of Greek, Roman and Islamic coins, Bronze Age weapons, arrow heads, swords, axes, ceramics and farming equipment, Egyptian textiles, gold laminae with Greek inscriptions and a library of rare 16th- and 17th-century books and manuscripts. full article at The Art Newspaper

Waterford's local authorities are anxiously awaiting the outcome of a detailed assessment of a significant Viking settlement site unearthed along the

Hello bkunit and welcome to UNRV! As kama said, what do you understand as the golden age? Maybe the period of the five good emperors? cheers viggen

Interesting Article by Nicholas Davidson who holds a Master

BRONZE Age gold unearthed by metal detectors in North Wales was yesterday officially declared treasure of international importance. Fourteen gold, bronze and ancient pottery artefacts were discovered. They are believed to date from between 1300-1100 BC - the Middle Bronze Age. full article at ic NorthWales

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Here are all the books we listed in the first week of May; Claudius the God by Robert Graves The Imperial Roman Army by Yann Le Bohec feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anoyne read one of those already? cheers viggen