Viggen

more on this story via Past Horizons

...that would fit in nicely with the story of the Great Flood, i presume... cheers viggen

A once fertile landmass now submerged beneath the Persian Gulf may have been home to some of the earliest human populations outside Africa, according to an article published in Current Anthropology. Jeffrey Rose, an archaeologist and researcher with the University of Birmingham in the U.K., says that the area in and around this "Persian Gulf Oasis" may have been host to humans for over 100,000 years before it was swallowed up by the Indian Ocean around 8,000 years ago. Rose's hypothesis introduces a "new and substantial cast of characters" to the human history of the Near East, and suggests that humans may have established permanent settlements in the region thousands of years before current migration models suppose... ...full article at Science Daily

A skeleton of a Roman, who was stabbed to death, could be a clue in the search for York's Roman amphitheatre. The remains were discovered beneath the Yorkshire Museum during the museum's refurbishment. The skeleton is that of a large powerful, athletic male who was stabbed at least six times in a fatal attack. Where he was found has long thought to be one of the prime locations for the Roman amphitheatre that certainly would have existed in York.... ....read the full article at the BBC

Maybe being a serf or a villein in the Middle Ages was not such a grim existence as it seems.Medieval England was not only far more prosperous than previously believed, it also actually boasted an average income that would be more than double the average per capita income of the world's poorest nations today, according to new research.Living standards in medieval England were far above the "bare bones subsistence" experience of people in many of today's poor countries, a study says... ...read full article at Yahoo News

Philip Matyszak conducted the following interview with Ian Hughes author of the recently reviewed book, Stilicho: The Vandal who saved Rome

Canadian scientists probing the metal content of coins exchanged thousands of years ago have discovered a new way to map ancient trade patterns, to retrace economic ups and downs at the dawn of western civilization and even to shed new light on the collapse of the Roman Empire. Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton are using nuclear radiation to identify changes in metal content among ancient Greek and Roman coins held in a world-class collection amassed at the university since the 1940s. ...full article at Montreal Gazette

interesting read, thanks for sharing...

John James Audubon's Birds of America broke the world record for a single book when it was sold at Sotheby's for 11.5 million U$. The Audubon work sold in the middle of a larger sale of rare books and prints from the estate of a deceased British lord. The sale price of "Birds of America" exceeded pre-auction estimates of $6 million to $9 million. Audubon, who came to the U.S. from France as a young man, created the 435 life-size bird watercolors that would become "Birds of America" between 1827 and 1838. The books are more than four feet wide when opened... via Wall Street Journal

Naukrtis, a Greek trade emporium on Egyptian soil, has long captured the imagination of archaeologists and historians. Not only is the presence of a Greek trading settlement in Egypt during the 7th and 6th century B.C.E. surprising, but the Greeks that lived there in harmony hailed from several Greek states which traditionally warred amongst themselves.... ...read the full article at Tel Aviv University

...the great success of our Roman Empire Wallmap makes us believe there is a demand for more, what kind of map would you like to see? From all the votes and suggestions in this thread, we will randomly draw 2 lucky winners to receive a first print of the new map once it's released. Of course, development and production will take some time, so you better stick around the forum so we don't forget!!!

Below are the newest releases for November and December.... Roman Colonies in the First Century of Their Foundation [Paperback] The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander [Hardcover] Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire [Hardcover] The Last Pagans of Rome [Hardcover] The Histories (Oxford World's Classics) [Paperback] The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories [Hardcover] Roman Passions: A History of Pleasure in Imperial Rome [Paperback] Ancient Rome [Paperback] Tacitus' Annals (Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature) [Paperback] Rome in Crisis (Penguin Classics) [Paperback] Claudius Caesar: Image and Power in the Early Roman Empire [Paperback] Roman Warfare, 300 B.C. to A.D. 450: The Essential Bibliography [Paperback] Memory and Mourning: Studies on Roman Death [Paperback] Kingdoms and Principalities in the Roman Near East (Oriens et Occidens. Studien zu antiken Kulturkontakten und ihrem Nachleben (O&O)) [Paperback] A Most Merry and Illustrated History of the Last Days of Pompeii: With a Brief and Merry Look at Daily Life in the Roman Empire [Paperback] The Frome Hoard [Paperback] Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires (Oxford Studies in Early Empires) [Paperback] I also updated Bestselling in November page...

...interesting, so nothing ever showed up in west africa, or at the "young" nile river...? cheers viggen

...any one some reference where the most southern roman findings in africa has been?

...its been a while since i asked When does antiquity end? , so here it goes, the big antiquity thread, as it fits nicely with this discussion... http://www.unrv.com/...04&st=0&p=45934 cheers and enjoy... viggen

Stilicho: The Vandal who saved Rome by Ian Hughes Book Review by Philip Matyszak Welcome to the dying days of the Roman empire, where in some cases the dying was very literal. This is the world of Flavius Stilicho, the general who struggled desperately to hold the disintegrating western empire together. Though he struggled against constant barbarian incursions, rebellions and usurpers, Stilicho's worst enemies were his fellow Romans in the Roman senate, and the courts of the eastern and western emperors... ...read the full review of Stilicho; The Vandal who saved Rome by Ian Hughes

Happy Birthday!!!

...hope you had a good one!!!

I knew i had commented on that movie somewhere http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8227 cheers viggen

Every few years a story crops up about

...the scary thing is that "Die Zeit" is one of the most respectable newspapers in the german speaking world....