Viggen

LOL, yeah thats really a fine moment in the history of archaeology

...one more forum thread that has "myth" in it , and i start the myth that members are banned because they started a thread with myth in its title.. I think we all are tired of myths right now... Mythbuster is watching....

Fortress of Spears by Anthony Riches Book Review by Melvadius In his new novel, following on from Wounds of Honour and Arrows of Fury, Riches returns to the tale of Marcus Aquila, in his faltering guise as Centurion Corvus amongst the Tungrian cohorts. A man hiding in plain sight from the Emperor

Below are the newest releases for July... Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization Early Roman Warrior 753-321 BC Rome: Day One Boudica's Last Stand: Britain's Revolt Against Rome AD 60-61 The Religious History of the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians Imperial Ideals in the Roman West: Representation, Circulation, Power The Meroe Head of Augustus (Objects in Focus) Valorizing the Barbarians: Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography ALCIBIADES [Hardcover] ROMAN BODY ARMOUR [Hardcover] Roman Republican Theatre: A History Constructing Literature in the Roman Republic Hellenism in Byzantium: The Transformations of Greek Identity and the Reception of the Classical Tradition (Greek Culture in the Roman World) Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism Roman Provincial Administration

nope, long over... cheers

Jean Michel Jarre yeah that was a long time ago....

...i am way behind my target but at least i am still loosing weight, for some reason my metabolism has slowed down tremendously and no matter how little i eat or how much i exercise i dont loose weight in a rate that i would expect.... in the meantime some food for thoughts, excellent video about why the NON FAT craze that started in the seventies made us all fatter...

thanks doc for the encouraging words, as you know its hard at times, so any bit of outside motivations helps! I do have cravings but i manage them, and yeah some chocolate is also good for the boys

Terry Jones` Barbarians (DVD) Had I not been committed to reviewing these DVDs for UNRV, I might have taken a hammer to them halfway through and gladly forgotten about the whole thing. In seeking to present "the other side of Roman history" and rescue Europe's other peoples from Roman propaganda, Terry Jones demonizes Ancient Rome as a brutal oppressor whose only real legacy lay in cultural genocide. Inverting an unjust bias against those who propagated it does not reverse the original bias; it only adds to the distortion of history. Jones` Barbarians is - to employ terms Mr. Jones would appreciate - poppycock and codswallop.... ...read the full review of Terry Jones` Barbarians

The french/german TV channel Arte has a three part documentary free to watch on the internet, only catch it is only availble in dubbed german or french, other than that, enjoy... it is a BBC production as far as i know, so there might be an english version flowing somewhere around on the net... http://videos.arte.tv/de/videos/rom_die_letzte_grenze_1_3_-3982360.html

Between Empires: Arabs, Romans and Sasanians in Late Antiquity by Greg Fisher Book Review by Ian Hughes In the sixth century the tension between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanid Empire of Persia dominated the political landscape in the "Fertile Crescent". To all intents and purposes the Arabs were sandwiched between these two monolithic empires and were often forced to choose between them. Unfortunately, the dominance of Rome and Persia resulted in the Arabs being reduced to secondary participants in the major events of the time, with the result that little is known about them. Especially in "Western" sources

...for example in the german speaking world, everyone understands AD (Anno Domini) but no one CE , just saying.... and if your novel is based around ancient rome its a bit weird not to use the latin term, right? cheers viggen p.s. to be politicaly correct in archaeology is the oxymoron of oxymoron. BC and AD are just fine. I am so sick and tired of this argument with people who have too much time on their hands. 2000 years from now will not be the common era of today but it will be 4000 years AD

I contacted Dr. H

Russell is the author of the novels Gladiatrix and Roma Victrix. The first visceral adventure, set in 1st century Asia Minor, was suggested by the famous Gladiatrix stele found near Halicarnassus in the 19th century. Roma Victrix takes Lysandra to a new arena where she must face the greatest challenge of her life - a command performance to fight Aesalon Nocturna, the Midnight Falcon, Rome's adored Gladiatrix Prima... ...read the full interview with Russell Whitfield

(In case you wondered; i am checking my weight every morning just after i get up, before i have eaten or before i had something to drink.) I lost again a pleasing amount of weight, since my last entry (0.4 kilograms = 0.881849049 pounds). Although i had some chocolate attackes i managed to continue to loose weight, mostly because of a technique called Intermittent fasting, i skipped dinner twice the last few days and it really gives you a boost in weight loss. I thought it will be difficult but it wasnt at all, whenever i felt hungry i drank water or started to exercise. This is a really great tool to have more control. It looks like i might break the 110 kilograms = 242.508488 pounds barrier before June ends!

...now that the book can be actually purchased (i hope you all will do just that) here a second review this time from GhostOfClayton, the interview will follow shortly... http://www.unrv.com/...oma-victrix.php

Thanks to one of the greatest film ever made, the austrian Anton Karas become the first austrian music star after the second world war... "The Third Man Theme" was released as a single in 1949/50 (Decca in the UK, London Records in the US). It became a best-seller

Archeologists in northern Germany have discovered two projectiles from the 17 century that suggest exploding cannon balls have been around longer than thought. A complex fuse system may have led the bombs to detonate when they reached their targets. The freedom-loving Dutch, in particular, felt the wrath of this Catholic weapons-fanatic from M

...yeah i wanted to have a look myself on that lunar eclipse, in the news they said most of austria has very good bis good visibility, well from my balcony i could only see clouds... thats life i guess...

Do archaeologists overcomplicate the past? Are we seeing ritual everywhere? What do you think? "Ritual this