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Fossilized footprints from Stone Age men have been discovered for the first time in Asia in South Korea, cultural authorities said on Friday. Some 100 detailed footprints from the Paleolithic Age, which dates back 50,000 years, were found on the southern coast of the southern island of Jeju last October, the Cultural Properties Administration said. This is first discovery of Paleolithic men

Was there a similar situation in Britain like in Germania at the time, meaning that some tribes would co-operate with romans?

Ancient catapults were state-of-the-art weapons of unequalled power

more on the tomb from the Guardian (with image of a glass bowl)

New radio-carbon dating technology shows some South African rock art to be three times older than previously believed, Newcastle University in the United Kingdom said. A study by archaeologists at the institution estimated that rock art at the World Heritage Site of uKhahlamba-Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal could be 3,000 years old. Their age was originally put at 1,000 years, university spokeswoman Claire Jordan said in a statement to Sapa. full article at the Sunday Times

Archaeologists unearthed 30 yards of wooden mains which fed the fort with water from nearby springs. And to their amazement, the mains were still working and carrying water - almost 2,000 years after they were first installed. "The fact that they were still working is quite incredible but it was also a nuisance because they flooded the excavation trenches which had to be pumped out every day," said Robin Birley, director of excavations at Vindolanda. The pipes had been created by drilling huge lengths of alder, which were joined together by oak pegs. full article with image at ICNewcastle

The tomb of an East Saxon king containing a fabulous collection of artefacts has been unearthed, it was announced today. The burial chamber, believed to date from the early 7th century, has been described by experts as the richest Anglo-Saxon find since the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk

It seems that at the moment interesting archaeological news regarding the roman empire are slow, and lots of interesting other news, so maybe time for another News Forum for all the other News? Anyway here is an interesting story about Leonardo da Vinci's genious. to the story

now thats funny from austria over Irland to the US lol btw did you (kama, lynch) notice the little blue pip and the title underneath?

The parting of the Red Sea and the subsequent escape of thousands of Jewish slaves, which is described in the Bible's book of Exodus, can be explained by science, according to two Russian researchers. The study, published in the Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is one of the first to examine the event using oceanography, weather patterns, and mathematical calculations. Naum Volzinger, senior researcher at the St. Petersburg Institute of Oceanology, and colleague Alexei Androsov of Hamburg, determined that a reef runs from Egypt to the north side of the Red Sea. They believe the reef used to be much closer to the surface during Biblical times at approximately 1500 B.C. more here

Tartan kilts have become fashionable in Austria after archaeologists claimed the country invented them.Many Austrian stores are now selling "traditional Austrian" kilts and sporrans as well as lederhosen. The Austrian claim is based on the discovery of what they claim is the oldest piece of tartan in the world. The host of the Austrian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire is the latest convert to the trend. Armin Assinger turned up at the studio wearing one of the Carinthian kilts. more here here the company website that makes them (just 10 minutes away where i live) http://members.aon.at/rettl/indexkaro.htm

hehe, because he ist the best known austrian since mozart i guess, and the Stadium is in Graz the second biggest city of Austria

Well he lives in America for at least 25 years or so, his home is now America and as i said no power for an austrian president, and California is much bigger and i doubt his wife would want to move to Austria, and oh well i guess there are many reasons. p.s and his german is very bad, when a Schwarzenegger movie gets dubbed into german he cant even speak his own role, they have a german actor speak his role

The so-called Fayoum portraits, more than 1,000 of them, are the largest body of ancient portable paintings to have survived. They are portraits, painted mostly on wood, of men, women and children, young and old, believed to have been painted in their lifetime, sometimes framed and displayed in the homes, and later sawn to fit just inside the sarcophagus where they were placed on top of the face within the mummy wrappings to preserve the memory of the deceased. They have been recovered from cemeteries all over Egypt, but were not necessarily manufactured at the sites where they were found. more (including images) at AlAhram

The president in Austria has almost no power, just represents the country, so i guess yes we most likely would.

HI kama, yup i am an austrian, and to the question if we like Schwarzenegger -----> We name Soccer Stadiums after him.

cool thanks altyfc for bringing this up, If i ever get a chance i defenitely will visit Lybia, I always wanted to travel those places my grandfather told me about when he was serving in the Afrika Chor during WWII and all the roman places are a bonus too

A bit offtopic concerning the Roman Empire, but i felt it was interesting.... In a prehistoric battle for survival, Neanderthals had to compete against modern humans and were wiped off the face of the Earth, according to a new study on life in Europe from 60,000 to 25,000 years ago. The findings, compiled by 30 scientists, were based on extensive data from sediment cores, archaeological artifacts such as fossils and tools, radiometric dating, and climate models. The collected information was part of a project known as Stage 3, which refers to the time period analyzed. more at The Prehistoric Society

The 2003 joint Aboukir Bay research mission of the Department of Underwater Archaeology of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) led by Franck Goddio has brought to light scientific results of great historic interest. On the site of the sunken city of Heracleion, discovered in May 2001, archaeological excavations performed around the temple of Heracles have enabled to define the topography of the surroundings of the sanctuary. In this monument a cult to the supreme pharaohnic deity Amon and to his son Konshu (respectively Zeus and Heracles for the Greeks) was held in order to maintain the continuity and legitimacy of the Ptolemaic dynasty. more at franckgoddio

History shows that often sometimes unexpected shows up. So the hope remains that we will find something that remaind. I mean remember the ice men (Oetzi) they found in the alps a couple of years back. One find and the lots of the histoy of the alpine bronze age had to be rewritten. Maybe there are some pieces left waiting to be found.

Nearly 2000 years ago a young Roman soldier wrote home, asking his father's permission to marry his girlfriend. In another letter, he asks for boots and socks to keep his feet warm during a cold winter. And he tells how he must violently put down those who revolt and riot in Alexandria. All this - and more - about life for Tiberianus, who lived in Roman Egypt, is being advanced through the work of a Princeton High School graduate now attending the University of Michigan. more at cincinnati.com

Hello melusine, yeah a links page for resources will be something we have to think about. and maybe we get bigsteve to come over here for a visit or two.

Hello meluesine, nice to see you around here! i was so free to split it from our "LINKS Page" as i just want the links there and no discussion how to find them, that can be done now here. @altyfc hehe nice didnt know you use AltaVista for your search engine. thanks to everyone for the contributions

The victim of a murder in Carlisle in the 3rd Century AD is to be part of an exhibition looking at the Roman way of death. Archaeologists named him 'Duncan', and a

I think it has less to do with style and more to do with the cold weather in the British Isles. I mean who wants to freeze if one can have socks for protection, would be my wild guess at least.