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It's great to see you here Aurelia! I would like to recommend you visiting Melvadius albums if you have some spare time! He have posted a lot of beautiful pictures.

Day two, still cloudy but rather hot. It's very difficult to get good pictures in this light. Oh well, here's a sample of today's harvest. Pantheon Mausoleum of Hadrian Villa Borghese Entrance The Vatican Vatican Altar

That one is not possible to get a shot on right now, the area is under restoration.

Haha is that a hint? I will try to find it next time I pass by. Any time you need it by? And do you have any clue about where it is to be found?

As promised, here comes some pictures. Some commenting can be found in the album dedicated to this trip. I'll be back and write more later, as I now will be attending "earth hour" (Forced). Starting of with a few more then intended as I was very excited with the camera today (336 shots taken) The Colosseum. Palatine Hippodrome. Entrance to the Cloaca Maxima. Frieze depicting a pig, sheep, bull sacrifice. From the exhibition in the curia. Pieces of the Forma Urbis, right now in the Divus Vespasianus exhibition in the Colosseum.

Well I'm in Rome now, with internet! Be aware, I can and do not hesitate to post pictures!

Happy birthday mate!

Impressive as always. I wish that we were allowed to see more.

Didn't Clemens convert to Judaism instead? What's the source on this?

Most of all those gave were still around when I was a kid. My favorite was something called Super Frog. (Amiga)

Macarena is nothing but nostalgia!

An 18-year-old has secretly painted a 60ft drawing of a phallus on the roof of his parents'

Out of curiosity, do you know what passage?

I still challenge my friends to a two man asteroids fight now and then when I'm drunk.

I'm quite sure that there is a loeb version of this text and it should be rather easy to find if you just ask for it at a library.

When I was a kid there was a game called "space invaders". To be honest, I had all but forgotten it until I found a music video referring to it. Original game. Here's the music video: R

Happy birthday mate

I would love to see a motorcycle with an airbag! A picture of a round fluffy ball somehow pops up in my mind... Imagine it bouncing away after an accident!

That's not a bad place to be for a few months. Nice library, and they throw good parties every now and then I take it that you've spent some time there?

Yet again thanks everyone Thanks for the excellent suggestion P.C! Clearly a must do! Maladict: Yes, I am with the Swedish institute! I actually met Simon Malmberg who somehow is involved in this thing yesterday at a seminar. C.N: Thanks for the post! I will try to supply everyone with pictures. To answer your suggestions (Which I am most grateful for); Admission fees will most likely not be a problem as I am loaded with enough archaeologist permits, papers and cards to confuse anyone. The maps is a good idea, I will see what I can find, even though I have memorized the most important sites. On the matter of career flux, aka representation, one of the main objectives by this trip is to make contacts and somehow prove yourself. I have something of a make or break it feeling. I will try to give them my very best.

Happy birthday!

Department of classical history and archaeology at the University of Stockholm Department of history, classical history and archaeology at theUniversity of G

Department of classical history and archaeology at the University of Lund More Swedish unis coming up asap.

Thanks everyone. I will try to put up some kind of daily picture if I've got internet

I feel that the terminology of aqueducts must be clarified at this point. An aqueduct and a qanat differs at number of points. Qanats: - Use an aquifer as it's water source. - Always underground. - Needed regular vertical shafts at a an interval between 5 and 20 meters before the Romans improved the technology. Aqueducts (Roman type): - 80-90% of the aqueducts are underground (The 95.4 km long aqueduct supplying Eifel with water was fully underground) - The word Aqueduct only refers to the very famous conduit bridges in a strict sense of the word (As I'm sure that you all know). Frontinus simply use the word "aqua" today translated as aqueduct in most books (As it should be with our meaning of the word). - Aqueducts are normally supplied from an open water source such as a river, lake or swamp. - When running underground is a interval of vertical shafts at 35 meter recommended (Vitruvius) but we believe that he underestimates the real number. I would write more but I'm short on time. I look forward to seeing this topic grow