Melvadius

Wishing you all the best of the season.

I have to agree with Ghost here. We know that route maps of the Empire existed such as the Antonine Itinerary as well as the Tabula Peutingeriana. Such determined map and route listing would not have stood in isolation especially when you consider that many mile stones would originally have been painted providing distances to major towns nearby. We also have a series ofperiplus (sailing instructions) surviving from the period. These survivals argue for large quantities of documentary evidence being lost which would have provided general information for travellers giving them sufficient information to plan their journeys to the far flung areas of the empire and beyond. The Cursus Publicus being an imperial authorised route would definately have had routing information to ensure public messages ended up in the right place.

I meant it thread locked

It looks suspiciously like Cato Volubilis.

I suppose that most 'true' musicians are traumatised by the thought of the Roayalty payments by that and other (especially Christmas) No 1s

Keep it polite folks. If you have a point to make cite sources and arguments pro or con We will have less of the personal comments or else. The legati are watching.

I did think it unlikely but thought someone should ask.

OK I'll ask the obvious - given the image title is it possible we are looking for somewhere in Morocco?

The BBc is reporting the discovery of more fragments whcih appear related to the major Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard Staffordshire Hoard: Gold fragments found in Hammerwich A slightly different version of the report is here for the Stoke & Stafford area. And a video report here

Not that I have read it except in very small extracts but possibly the 1922 'Oxford Text' of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom would provide some enlightenment since it runs to 335,000 words rather than the 'first' abridgement (1926 edition) which got cut to 250,000 words while the second abridgement of 1927 Revolt in the Desert only runs to 130,000 words. It is very dangerous to base any assessment of an individuals views on what is presented in popularistic film adaptations of books let alone the books themselves. Often changes are made wholesale in them - especially when the original author is dead. There is a separate issue that authors state views and opinions which may have little reality to how they thought or felt at the time of events. Although Lawrence kept notes of events and used them as the basis of his work he burnt them after writing the original draft of the Seven Pillars but then lost the original draft so had to re-write it from memory. There is a site which is dedicated to T E Lawrence which seems to contain academic discussion and lots of information on the man that you may find of interest here.

Only if they don't have FTL (Faster than light) drives on their spaceships or the ability to timeshift and get here before we realize...that...gangham style...

I think they are still safe for the best part of 4 years, unless I am mistaken about how long it has been a fad, since it will take about 4 and a half years for radio signals/ light waves from TV to get there..... Lucky aliens!

The BBC is carrying this report on recent research into Ramesses IIIs death The full report is in the British Medical Journal

Well since what is in the background looks suspiciously like Cath

What's 'Ad Cat. I'? Cicero's First Oration against Catiline?

Not saying that they didn't pick some good archaeology that I can relate to in their Top 9 (OK actually Top 8 archaeological finds) but I DO worry about the other stories at the bottom of the page that the site considers 'I may also like'

Klingan the site you found appears to be 'Geeks are Sexy'. I must admit not a site that I have come across before in relation to archaeology so you may need to ask about your subscription if you thought it was to Arcaheology Magazine.

It's that time of year again when Archaeology Magazine randomises all the discoveries of the previous year whcih they ahve reported on to pick out what is always open to debate but which they consider are the '>top 10. This year there is Roman related interest with the inclusion in the list of Caesar's Gallic Outpost, Hermeskeil, Germany .

I agree that the vegetation looks French but there are other parts of Europe it could be. The tiles and specifically the tile covers on the chimney stacks look similar to those found in several areas unfortunately the open bell tower also isn't really specific to any one area either. Just to spread the risk I will plump for Northern Italy.

Ju -no I'm not too sure Vul-can get much more Mith-ras out of this thread without fi-Ne-ptuning. Then again I suppose Ju-piter word or two together without it Pan-ing it out but Mi-nerver thought I could get Mars worse than this

Are you going De-meter half way?

I think someone will have to Ven-us of this thread soon

Not necassrily I would draw your attendtion tothis article by Valerie Hope in whihc she specifically states that

You mean he may become a ceres offender?