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During the Roman Empire period, just after the fall of Parthia, a salt mine worker from northwestern Iran lost his life following a catastrophic rock collapse. Approximately 1,800 years later, the man's body

races of a gold factory along the banks of the river Nile are shedding a glittering new light on the kingdom of Kush, one of the great forgotten civilizations of Africa, U.S. archaeologists announced on Tuesday. The first recorded kingdom in sub-Saharan Africa, little-known Kush flourished from about 2400 B.C. until the 2nd century A.D. It might have controlled a territory as much as 750 miles in length across what is now northern Sudan. Read more here.

Ok there are 23 surgical instruments, they are made between 200 and 600 A.D, the oldest one's are probably imported from Rome, and the rest are a case of knowledge import. Most of them was found in the temple, the largest in Scandinavia, (13x6 meters, wooden). Some however were found in a offer, containing of lots and lots of weapons.

I actually don't remember the origin on the surgical instruments I'm afraid, but I can check it up asap Gaius. And yeah Caldrail, it's just a coincidence, but it's quite fun.

One thousand years before the cartoon character Mickey Mouse was even a glint in Walt Disney's eye, a French artist created a bronze brooch that looks remarkably like the famous rodent, according to archaeologists at Sweden's Lund Historical Museum, which houses the recent find. The object, dated to 900 A..D., was excavated at a site called Upp

Ah I should have tried Wikipedia, it's somehow imprinted as evil in my brain, I normally don't even think about it. Thanks alot!

I saw this documentary a few days ago, very well made and it seemed fairly historically correct to me. However they say the story is based on a poem by a famous poet from about 80 A.D. Does anyone know any famous poem (And poets name) from that time about a gladiator or gladiator fight? I can really recommend the documentary too for anyone who have not yet seen it. Thanks.

I wish they would have given us some of the manual to read.

Archaeologists digging in western Japan have excavated what they believe to be the oldest remains of a melon ever found, an official said Friday. Based on a radiocarbon analysis, researchers estimate the half-rounded piece of fruit to be about 2,100 years old, said Shuji Yamazaki, a local official in the city of Moriyama. The remains are believed to be the oldest of a melon that still has flesh on the rind, Yamazaki said. Previously, the oldest such find was believed to be remains found in China that date back to the fourth century A.D., according to local media reports. The melon might have been so well-preserved because it was in a vacuum-packed state in a wet layer below the ground, an environment hostile to microorganisms that might otherwise have broken down the remains, Yamazaki said. Melon seeds have been often found in archaeological digs around the country, but researchers rarely find the remains of melon flesh, Yamazaki said. Moriyama is about 205 miles southwest of Tokyo. advertisement From this site. Nothing more to read there thou. Short one this.

Thanks a lot! I'm sure she'll be happy for it, and I promise to tell you anyone else want to know their roman name

Nephele, do you think you could do one for a class mate of mine? (Female lseaibEth ngIo) Thanks

Actually they do clean (Blame my professor if it's not correct) Rome's monument with white bread nowadays. So I wouldn't be surprised.

A salad dressing-like mixture of water, a bit of oil and a sugar-like molecule can safely clean ancient frescoes, according to a new nanotechnology research. Scientists at the University of Florence, Italy, have discovered that the oil-in-water microemulsion

Welcome back Maladict!

Must be in Spain.

I just can't find it. I even tried google and trust me you don't really want to try to look for roman walls in the UK there. Oh Hadrians wall...and again, and again.

Common gents, better take this one before I start looking on the net. I really don't have the time

Alexander the Great had a little help from Mother Nature when he conquered the seemingly impenetrable island-fortress of Tyre in 332 B.C., according to new geological findings. A strategic outpost just off the coast of modern-day Lebanon, Tyre was protected by 164-foot-high walls and surrounded by waters as deep as 33 feet. For millennia, the naval base of the Persians was considered an unconquerable bastion

Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have mined what could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history, bringing home 17 tons of colonial-era silver and gold coins from an undisclosed site in the Atlantic Ocean. Estimated value: $500 million. A jet chartered by Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration landed in the United States recently with hundreds of plastic containers brimming with coins raised from the ocean floor, Odyssey co-chairman Greg Stemm said. The more than 500,000 pieces are expected to fetch an average of $1,000 each from collectors and investors. Read more here.

Hmm though one. I'm not having time for very much research right now. Hopefully someone else finds out.

Bless that last post! I'm so tired of the carbondioxid-we-will-kill-us-all theory.

The world's oldest wooden anchor lies at the bottom of an ancient harbor in Turkey off the Aegean Sea, according to a team of Israeli and Turkish archaeologists. Dating to the end of the 7th century B.C., the anchor was found in the Turkish port city of Urla, where the ancient site of Liman Tepe is located. The anchor was recovered wedged into the ground about 5 feet below the surface. Read more here.

Pre-Islamic Middle Eastern regions were home to mysterious snake cults, according to two papers published in this month's Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy journal. From at least 1250 B.C. until around 550 A.D., residents of what is now the Persian Gulf worshipped snakes in elaborate temple complexes that appear to have been built for this purpose, the studies reveal. The first paper, by archaeologist Dan Potts of the University of Sydney, describes architecture and relics dating to 500 B.C. from Qalat al-Bahrain in Bahrain. Read more here.

About two weeks ago, archaeologist Tom Kutys thought he'd found a stone wall when he came across mortared capstones in a trench at the state park that once was the site of French and British forts. Instead, archaeologists at Point State Park believe they very well might have uncovered long-buried remnants of Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh's original fort... Read more here.