Viggen

thanks for sharing your report, very interesting indeed, any pics you have to share? p.s. Cumbria being right now in the news with those killings, hope all is well with you and your family

...and the third name has been added to the list of the five, who will be the fourth and what is the prize for June? ...well you have to wait to find out! #Melvadius #Caldrail #DecimusCaesar # # (once there are five names on this list, the prize will be announced and after that each of the following days those 5 names get reduced till there is only one left)

...take a look at this top 10 list of ancient cities now providing havens for scuba divers and snorkellers. 10. Yonaguni-Jima, Japan 09. Mahabalipuram, India 08. Dolichiste and Simena, Turkey 07. Dunwich, UK 06. Atlit-Yam, Israel 05. Caesarea Maritima, Israel 04. Pavlopetri, Greece 03. Dian Kingdom, China 02. Baiae and Portus Julius, Italy 01. Heracleion and Cleopatra's Palace, Alexandria, Egypt ...via Heritage Key

...if you entered your details correctly, then you are already for the second time 23, happy birthday!

Archaeologists have unearthed a beautifully preserved Etruscan house in western Italy in the first ever discovery of its kind. The 2,400-year-old building, uncovered at the archaeological site of Vetulonia near the Tuscan coast, is one of only a handful of Etruscan homes ever found. Nearly everything known about Etruscans has come from their extensive network of tombs. The remarkable condition of the house makes the discovery even more exceptional, say experts... ...read the full article at ANSA

Francis Wenban-Smith from the University of Southampton discovered two ancient flint hand tools used to cut meat at the M25/A2 road junction at Dartford, Kent, during an excavation funded by the Highways Agency. Tests on sediment burying the flints showed they date from around 100,000 years ago - proving Neanderthals were living in Britain at this time. The country was previously assumed to have been uninhabited during this period. ''I couldn't believe my eyes when I received the test results,'' said Dr Wenban-Smith. ''We know that Neanderthals inhabited Northern France at this time, but this new evidence suggests that as soon as sea levels dropped, and a 'land bridge' appeared across the English Channel, they made the journey by foot to Kent.'' Early pre-Neanderthals inhabited Britain before the last ice age, but were forced south by the severe cold about 200,000 years ago... ...read the full article at the Telegraph

...maybe this could be of interest to you Helvidius; http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc061903.html cheers viggen

The random pre-selection has decided and the second name been added to the list of the five, who will be the third and what is the prize for June? ...well you have to wait to find out! #Melvadius #Caldrail # # # (once there are five names on this list, the prize will be announced and after that each of the following days those 5 names get reduced till there is only one left)

Below are the newest releases for June.... Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization (Paperback) A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire (Hardcover) Rome (Oxford Archaeological Guides) (Paperback) The Roman Army: The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World (General Military) (Hardcover) Catiline's Conspiracy, The Jugurthine War, Histories (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback) The Rule of Empires: Those Who Built Them, Those Who Endured Them, and Why They Always Fall Julius Caesar: The background, strategies, tactics and battlefield experiences of the greatest commanders of history (Paperback) The Spartacus Road (Hardcover) Roman Frescoes from Boscoreale: The Villa of P. Fannius Synistor in Reality and Virtual Reality (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome (Paperback) Why We're All Romans: The Roman Contribution to the Western World Aspects of Roman History 82BCAD14: A Source-based Approach (Aspects of Classical Civilization) Italy and the West: Comparative Issues in Romanization (Paperback) Latin in Stone: Epigraphic Research and Electronic Archives (Hardcover) The Role of the Vestal Virgins in Roman Civic Religion: A Structuralist Study of the Crimen Incesti Etruscan Studies Volume 13 (2010): The Journal of the Etruscan Foundation STILICHO: The Vandal who saved Rome I also updated the Bestselling in May page...

We are happy to announce that we are giving away one copy of Rome: Caput Mundi Capitol of the World, just post below that you would like to be included in the lucky draw. The winner will be chosen randomly from all replies, deadline is the 6th of June 2010. Good Luck! ROME: CAPUT MUNDI Capitol of the World by Peter Melaragno Product Description - ROME: CAPUT MUNDI Capitol of the World. FIVE stars; TWO shows; 108 minutes. 58 min for the History then a 50-min step-by-step Walking Tour by a filmmaker who actually gave walking tours of Rome. Plus your own 60-page Pocket Guide to carry with you. This 2-part DVD is a WALKERS HISTORY OF ROME that prepares you for YOUR visit. The FIRST VIDEO is 58 minutes. It sets the thematic scale of your visit and touches on all the historical layers: the pre-historic, Etruscan, Imperial Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, and the modern. But it is the SECOND VIDEO of 50 minutes that explores the city as organically as a WALKING VISITOR does. It takes you STEP BY STEP (take a right; take a left) to all the important sites and offers suggestions for EATING AND LODGING. Included in the DVD case is a specially designed 60-page POCKET GUIDE to carry with you on your tour. It has a centerfold MAP and is coordinated with the 50-minute WALKING VIDEO. And if this is not enough, once you purchase, I will send you a LINK where you can DOWNLOAD your own MPEG-4 version of the WALKING TOUR. Install it on your IPOD or other video device and carry it with you to Rome. All cities are layer cakes stacked with detail. Rome is the most deeply layered of all. Few major cities offer the WALKING VISITOR such a spectrum of choice and most of it is free and out in the open. Let CAPUT MUNDI show you the way. Buon Viaggio!

The random pre-selection has started and the first name been added to the list of the five, who will be the second and what is the price for June? ...well you have to wait to find out! #Melvadius # # # # (once there are five names on this list, the price will be announced and after that each of the following days those 5 names get reduced till there is only one left)

thanks Nephele, now got it`s own page cheers and thanks p.s. yeah Pera, that sounds familiar heheh

Language; You already comprehend that many intellectual concepts and traditions were created or survived through Rome. But did you realize that you communicate in large part through dialects and modes of Latin? Although English is a Germanic language, it was heavily influenced by French (a Latin derivative) after the invasions of the Norman Franks. In addition, Latins`s influence through poetry, art, legals studies, sacred and secular literature (et cetera) was so profound that Latin has both inspired and infected not only the concepts, but the very terminology that we use to describe and to conceive of our world. This brief declaration provides you a minute picture of how pervasive Latin is: vocabulary with Latin origins is italicized. ...from Eric Nelson`s Complete Idiot`s Guide to the Roman Empire...

most probably dirtiest...

As a show of appreciation to our site contributors, every month one random selected contributor to UNRV.com will receive a small thank you in various shapes and forms. June is almost around the corner, so be prepared for a long and exciting journey to find out who will win what, only one thing is for sure, you have to be a "contributer"... If you find yourself on that list you will have a chance at being a monthly recipient. Winners will be announced in our forum. Rules for participation, weighting of contributions, etc., will be arbitrarily decided by UNRV.com, but single contributors will not receive more than one prize every calendar quarter. For those of you who aren't on the Contributor List... just submit a review of a Roman related book or an original article related to our site, and once published on Unrv.com, we'll happily add you to those that are already in 'the club'. ...in two days, the first "contributer" will be drawn... cheers viggen

Hows that for a crazy item HAUNTED DEMON POWER AMULET Subject: Paranormal Jewelry Subject Area: Haunted Demonic Satanic Ring ....and it sold for more then 500 bucks... hows that! ...any crazy ebay auctions you encountered lately?

Thanks we need it, its a huge upgrade (code wise), thats why we had to outsource it as it is very complicated (and expensive), some of the offered new features (that we might or might not integrate) sound pretty interesting, for admins, moderators and of course also for the regular forum visitor. We also upgrading the Blog and the Gallery, now this is the biggest expense we ever made and it hope it turns out to be worth the while... cheers viggen

I am surprised, that i havent heard any follow up on this, because if this is correct it would be a sensation, anyone any updates on this newsstory?

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Mesoamerican people perfected details of rubber processing more than 3,000 years ago, new MIT study suggests. Spanish explorers encountering an advanced civilization in Mesoamerica in the 16th century had plenty of things to be astonished about, but one type of object in particular was unlike anything they had ever seen before: rubber balls. No such stretchy, bouncy material existed in the Old World, and they had to struggle to find words to describe it... ...read the full article at MIT

Interesting article regarding coin collecting and the law... They're only worth about $275, but 23 bronze coins seized by the federal government at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport last year just might be the most important chunk of change for numismatists in years.... Under federal rules, anyone bringing certain ancient coins that are Cypriot or Chinese into the United States must either have an export permit from that country or documents that show they were unearthed elsewhere or purchased before the regulations went into effect.... ...read the full artcle at the Washington Post

hehe, let us know once you have received the voucher, and stay tuned for the Contributers, Thank you in June event...

CivCity: Rome sucks. Really, there is no polite way of expressing it otherwise. Even if there were I am in no mood to couch my terms in diplomacy. It has been a while since I have had the opportunity to totally denigrate a product without reservation, and for that I have recourse to thank the people at Firefly and Firaxis for this wanting product... ...read the full review of CivCity: Rome

...and this months winner is............. M. Porcius Cato Congratulations! ...you will be contacted to receive your $25,- Amazon Gift Voucher! cheers viggen

...i am surprised, i thought Robbie Williams never caught on in the States... i am the most productive when i hear Salsa..