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Archaeological remains of the Punic-Roman fortress of Melite have been discovered during works on the Mdina bastions by the Resources Ministry. The discovery was the second since interventions on Mdina's fortifications started some months ago under the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. The recently unearthed structures constitute a three-coursed alignment of large rusticated ashlar blocks dating from around the Punic-Roman period. "What is exceptional in this new find is that an original stretch of the ancient wall typology has been found in situ, intact in its form of construction and thereby giving us a clear idea on the ancient methods employed...." ...read the full article at the Times of Malta
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Egyptian blue found in Romanesque altarpiece
Viggen posted a topic in Archaeological News: The World
A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) has discovered remains of Egyptian blue in a Romanesque altarpiece in the church of Sant Pere de Terrassa (Barcelona). This blue pigment was used from the days of ancient Egypt until the end of the Roman Empire, but was not made after this time. So how could it turn up in a 12th Century church...? ...read the full article at Alpha Gallileo -
Welcome and Introduce Yourself Here
Viggen replied to Viggen's topic in Welcome and Introduce Yourself Here
Hello and welcome Julia, ...we know the forum is rather big and can be a bit intimitading at first, but just browse along and dont hesitate to ask if you have a question... cheers viggen -
A medieval African on English soil?
Viggen replied to Melvadius's topic in Archaeological News: The World
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A water feature found in the Maya city of Palenque, Mexico, is the earliest known example of engineered water pressure in the new world, according to a collaboration between two Penn State researchers, an archaeologist and a hydrologist. How the Maya used the pressurized water is, however, still unknown.... ...read the full article at Penn State Live
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Hello and welcome Julia Casca, yes Ghost of Vesuvius became a very good review from us http://www.unrv.com//book-review/ghosts-of-vesuvius.php cheers viggen
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The news is now out on the forum and via our newsletter (you should get it during the course of the day), we are officially Tweeting now, if you never heard of Twitter and wonder what the heck is this all about, go to http://tweeternet.com/, its basically a micro-blogging service that allows people to type in short messages or status updates that can be read by people following them. An individual message or status update is often referred to as a 'tweet'. If you go to http://twitter.com/UNRV you can see, first of all what we have written (always limited to max. 140 characters), also you see on the right hand site, Followers and Following. Followers are people that are following what we have to say, Following are the people that we (UNRV) are following and therefor receiving their messages. I found two authors via Twitter already (Adrian Murdoch and Caroline Lawrence are our followers and we follow them) ...in anycase if you have already an Account follow us, you might get a free map even... (read newsletter or forum and you know how) Happy Tweeting...
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We tried to resist it for as long as we could - but in the end we just had to give in...and the addiction has already started! That's right, UNRV.com have plunged themselves headfirst into the world of Twitter... Our user name is UNRV, why not visit us for all of the latest, breaking news from our little world - more or less as it happens! To celebrate our arrival at Twitter, we are giving away one UNRV Roman Empire Map to one lucky follower (cutoff date is the 31st of May 2010) ...see you on the other side....
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Hi barca, this is a great question, ...maybe this comparison might help a bit, (it includes also the IPad) Comparing e-Readers: iPad vs. Kindle vs. Nook and here another comparison chart by Paidcontent cheers, good luck and let us know how you decided... viggen
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Eleven-year-old Micaela Reyes' best friend and four other students were sold into slavery last week during a private-school lesson in Roman history and behavior reinforcement. The exercise was incorporated into a fifth-grade history lesson titled "Rome, Ruler of the Ancient World" at Eagle's Nest Christian Academy, a school in Milton for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade... ...read full article at Delaware Online
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Below are the newest releases for May.... The Invention of Law in the West The Histories, Volume I: Books 1-2 (Loeb Classical Library) [Hardcover] The Histories, Volume II: Books 3-4 (Loeb Classical Library) [Hardcover] Ancient Rome: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: Historical Eras) [Paperback] The Emperors' Needles: Egyptian Obelisks and Rome [Hardcover] The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome: An illustrated military and political history of the world's mightiest power: from the rise of the Republic and the growth of the Empire to the fall of the West [Hardcover] Italy and the West: Comparative Issues in Romanization [Paperback] Fires of Rome: Jesus and the Early Christians in the Roman Empire [Paperback] Imperial Mines and Quarries in the Roman World: Organizational Aspects 27 BC-AD 235 (Oxford Classical Monographs) [Hardcover] Caesar: Civil War III (Classical Texts) (Bk. 3) [Paperback] Cicero: Pro Sexto Roscio (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) [Paperback] One God: Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire [Hardcover] The Religion of Senators in the Roman Empire: Power and the Beyond [Hardcover] The Roman Banquet: Images of Conviviality [Paperback] The Symptom and the Subject: The Emergence of the Physical Body in Ancient Greece [Hardcover] A Companion to Byzantium (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) [Hardcover] Catullus, Cicero, and a Society of Patrons: The Generation of the Text [Hardcover] The Roman Wedding: Ritual and Meaning in Antiquity [Paperback] Ethnic Identity and Aristocratic Competition in Republican Rome [Paperback] Death in Babylon: Alexander the Great and Iberian Empire in the Muslim Orient [Hardcover] I also updated the Bestselling in April page...
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With construction crews chomping at the bit to lay the foundations for a new $133 million U.S. Army housing area just outside Wiesbaden Army Airfield, time is running short for German archaeologists seeking to uncover remnants of past settlements. After having spent several months in the fall and spring sifting through soil which revealed several Roman wells, the foundations of a villa rustica (Roman farm complex) and various artifacts, members of the Hessen archaeology team put out a call for volunteers in the U.S. community to join in the documentary project... ...read the full article at US Army
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Four Roman sculptures are to be withdrawn from auction tomorrow amid claims that they were stolen from archaeological sites overseas. Photographs seized by police suggested that the sculptures
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Just before lunchtime I settled down on a park bench to read a book in the warm mid-day sun. It seemed somehow appropriate that I should digest the story of the Roman conquest of the Greek city states on such a fine day. Polybius was right. The decline and defeat of one the most influential societies of all time by another isn't something to be ignored. There seriously are lessons for the modern world buried in those tales. I have to confess my knowledge of these events was somewhat lacking. All the more reason to lean back and enjoy this work... ...read the full review of Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece by Philip Matyszak
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A team of Irish archaeologists is puzzled by the "bizarre" discovery of a 1,150-year-old Viking necklace in a cave in the Burren. Besides being the largest by far
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Roman altar stones dating back almost 2000 years have been found at a cricket pavilion in Musselburgh, East Lothian. Councillor Paul McLennan, cabinet member for community wellbeing at East Lothian Council, said: "The discovery of these remains is particularly exciting as it is not often that Roman altar stones are discovered during an archaeological excavation in Scotland.... ...full article at the BBC
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Fire in the East is a strong newcomer in the category of Roman Military Historical Fiction. The book is smart, finely detailed, violent and exciting. Author Harry Sidebottom is a published professor of ancient history and he draws very detailed accounts of all aspects of Roman military life in the mid 3rd Century. This is the true victory of what's intended to be a 3-book series titled "Warriors of Rome". Few historical fictions contain the detailed notes, glossary and bibliography that Sidebottom presents in Fire. He's clearly done his research, and worked his academics into his richly built story... ...read the full review of Fire in the East by Harry Sidebottom
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A new study has suggested that an unknown type of human, nicknamed
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Italy's National Institute of Nuclear Physics, at its laboratories in Gran Sasso, has received 120 lead bricks from an ancient Roman ship that sunk off of the coast of Sardinia 2,000 years ago. The ship's cargo was recovered 20 years ago, thanks to the contribution of the INFN, which at the time received 150 of these bricks. The INFN is now receiving additional bricks to complete the shield for the CUORE experiment, which is being conducted to study extremely rare events involving neutrinos. After 2,000 years under the sea, this lead will now be used to perform a task 1,400 metres under the Apennine mountain. - "This lead," - explains Professor Ettore Fiorini - "which is responsible for the CUORE experiment, represents an extremely important material for shielding the apparatuses used to conduct research on rare events - a material that must be totally free of radioactive contamination". Lucia Votano, Director of the INFN laboratories in Gran Sasso, explains that "it's great and unique that the most advanced and innovative technologies must rely on archaeology and the technology of the ancient Romans. The ancient lead recoverd from the bottom of the sea will be essential for protecting the experiment from natural radioactivity, which could obscure the rare process of neutrinoless double beta decay"... ...full article at Physorg
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Remains unearthed in Nottinghamshire could be an unknown Roman temple, archaeologists have claimed. Excavations on the Minster C of E School site in Southwell between September 2008 and May 2009 revealed walls, ditches and ornate stones. The team analysing the finds said the shape and quality of the remains suggest it could have been an important place of worship. This could mean Southwell enjoyed a high status Roman Britain, they added. A wall of large block masonry that was probably plastered and possibly painted, with a ditch that may have contained water, was possibly the boundary of a large temple... ...full article at the BBC
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Archaeologists working in Turkey have unearthed an Assyrian tablet dating to around 670 BCE that "could have served as a model for the biblical description of God's covenant with the Israelites." What this fascinating discovery suggests, of course, is that the Bible tale of a divine pact does not represent "history" or a "factual" event, but is instead a fictional rewrite, borrowing or plagiarism of this older Assyrian treaty.... ...full article at Examiner
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This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track
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...thanks Nephele for another great article, it has now its own page cheers viggen
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Below are the newest releases for April.... The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (Paperback) Reconstructing the Roman Republic: An Ancient Political Culture and Modern Research (Hardcover) The History of Rome 4 Volume Set in 5 Paperback Parts: Volume SET (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics) (Paperback) The Glass-Blowers of Roman London (Paperback) Ambrose of Milan: Political Letters and Speeches (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians) (Paperback) She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon (Hardcover) Pompeii (Duckworth Archaeological Histories) (Paperback) Italy and the West: Comparative Issues in Romanization (Paperback) Aspects of Roman History 82BC-AD14: A Source-based Approach (Aspects of Classical Civilization) (Paperback) Pompeii (Duckworth Archaeological Histories) (Paperback) Roman Perspectives: Studies on Political and Cultural History, from the First to the Fifth Century (Hardcover) Roman Britain (Shire Living Histories) (Paperback) Roman Barbarians: The Royal Court and Culture in the Early Medieval West (Medieval Culture and Society) (Paperback) Houses and Society in the Later Roman Empire (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology) (Paperback) Medicine and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity: Doctors and Philosophers on Nature, Soul, Health and Disease (Paperback) I also updated the Bestselling in March page...