Roman Archeology News

Student findet 1750 Jahre altes Skelett
Ein Archäologie-Student der Universität Münster hat bei Ausgrabungen in der Türkei einen spektakulären Fund gemacht: In einem Abwasserkanal auf dem Gelände der antiken Großstadt Alexandria Troas entdeckte der Mann ein Skelett sowie einen Lederbeutel mit Münzen und Schmuck.
oct02w4

Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Presidents and royalty gathered Wednesday to help Egypt inaugurate the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a modern version of the famous ancient library known for a freedom of thought and expression lacking in today's Middle East.
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Times of India -- Gladiator School
By day, he is a money printer for the Bank of Italy. By night he is "Nero", ancient Roman gladiator and keeper of some pretty tough company.
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Inscription about Jesus
A limestone burial box engraved in Aramaic with the words "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" could be the earliest archaeological evidence of the existence of the Biblical Jesus, says an inscriptions expert.
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Discovery Channel -- Cheese: Ancient Disease Carrier?
Bacteria found in a 2,000-year-old piece of cheese could be the final evidence that this food was a continuous source of infectious disease in the ancient Roman world.
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Italian police uncover traffic in ancient artifacts
Police in Bari, a big southern port city in Italy, have uncovered a trafficking operation specialized in artifacts stolen from churches or taken from illegal archaeological digs.
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Archaeologists 2, Footballers 0
When teachers at St. Laurence's School in Bradford-on-Avon, southern England, noticed how the school's football field became scored with yellow lines of dried grass during the summer, little did they know that an extraordinary archaeological site lay just a foot below the surface.
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Hospital 'operation' reveals ancient artefacts
Archeologists from Cambridge University are unearthing a major ancient settlement in the grounds of Addenbrooke's Hospital.
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daily news, uk weather, business news - online newspaper - The Telegraph - Spielberg puts the legend of King Arthur to the sword
Steven Spielberg is to demolish the "myth" of Camelot in a television film series about King Arthur that does not feature a round table, Excalibur, Merlin or knights.
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Charlotte Observer | 10/12/2002 | Latin leaves its academic grave
A funny thing happened on the way to higher standards: Schools remembered Latin.
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Journal Gazette | 10/10/2002 | Lingua Latina vivit
Every day, third-grader Taylor Rodriguez gathers the tools of her trade, stylus, charta and erasura, and begins her attack on word stems like ante, cred and mal.
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Mirabile dictu, amor Latin est nunc et semper
A funny thing happened on the way to higher standards: Schools remembered Latin.
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ekathimerini.com | Tramway brings trouble instead of easing congestion
The Athens tramway project has been implemented in a superficial, uncoordinated fashion. A means of transport intended to ease the city’s traffic congestion will apparently not live up to its promise, because the route it takes will increase congestion downtown and even bring traffic into other places that once were uncrowded.
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AthensNews onLine SEARCH
ONE MONTH after proudly unveiling its first tracks, the Athens tram has run against a wall - specifically, a Roman marble gate dating from the 2nd century AD.
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NEW VERSION OF OLD POMPEIAN WINE IN PRODUCTION IN ITALY
Preparations are underway in Pompeii to produce a wine using the same techniques and grapes that were in use more than 2,000 years ago, Italian media reported Thursday.
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F.A.Z. - English Version
There's more to the Romans' cultural heritage in Germany than the omnipresent pizza parlors their Italian descendants have built from Mittenwald to Flensburg.
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Yahoo! News - Roman-Era Statue Unearthed in Building Site
A Cypriot retiree saw a marble elbow protruding from rubble at a building site and unearthed a large 2000-year-old Roman-era statue.
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Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Roman chariotway outflanked modern road
The apparent rule that roads can only get bigger and bigger has been broken by archaeologists, who have unearthed a Roman "motorway" wider than the A road which runs along the same route today.
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Yahoo! News - Scientists Find Earliest Roman London Plaque
Archaeologists excavating an ancient site in London said on Friday they had unearthed the oldest known plaque inscribed with the city's Roman name.
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Roman plaque bears London’s ancient name
Archaeologists excavating an ancient site in London said Friday that have unearthed the oldest known plaque inscribed with the city’s Roman name.
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Historic find has oldest London name
Excavations on a building site have unearthed a 2,000-year-old plaque showing the oldest example known of the Roman name for London.
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CNN.com - Found: Earliest Roman plaque of London - Oct. 11, 2002
Archaeologists excavating an ancient site in London said on Friday they had unearthed the oldest known plaque inscribed with the city's Roman name.
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Yahoo! News - World Bank head praises plans for Egyptian Museum
President James Wolfensohn on Thursday praised plans to build a massive new museum in Egypt to house exhibits from the country's 7,000-year civilization.
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Yahoo! News - Building developers unearth 2,000-year-old plaque
A 2,000-year-old stone plaque engraved with the oldest Roman naming of London has been unearthed on a building site, archaeologists said Friday.
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AthensNews onLine SEARCH
ONE MONTH after proudly unveiling its first tracks, the Athens tram has run against a wall - specifically, a Roman marble gate dating from the 2nd century AD.
oct02w2

Reuters | The World's Leading Provider of Financial Information and News
A Cypriot retiree saw a marble elbow protruding from rubble at a building site and unearthed a large 2000-year-old Roman-era statue.
oct02w2

ABCNEWS.com : Clues to Roman Illnesses in 2,000-Year-Old Cheese
A tiny piece of cheese, carbonized in the volcanic eruption that killed the citizens of Pompeii, is yielding up secrets as to how ancient Romans ate, lived and died.
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Dogs most likely descended from wolves and jackals
I am having some trouble with a project that I am doing at school. It is on dogs and I want to know about their origins. Can you help me please?
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Roman 'marbles' go on display
Wealthy ancient Romans were the first to adorn their homes and public buildings with coloured marbles.
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icNewcastle - Dig unearths a settlement for rich Romans
A picture of a well-off and cosmopolitan civilian settlement outside the gates of a Roman fort overlooking the mouth of the Tyne is starting to emerge.
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Yahoo! News - Tiny Greek island stakes big claim as foundation of modern Olympiad
Every source tells the same story of the Olympics' revival: a French baron, Pierre de Coubertin, was inspired by the ancient ideals and organized the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896.
oct02w1

Yahoo! News - Ancient Rome conquers the Milan runway
If the Spring-Summer 2003 preview collections got off to a slow start earlier this week, they were put in full gear Thursday by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana who presented a fun-loving D&G collection dedicated to Ancient Rome.
oct02w1

Yahoo! News - International jury will soon pick finalists for the design of Egypt's new state-of-the-art antiquities museum
An international jury will convene soon to choose from among more than 1,500 entries a design for the world's largest Egyptian antiquities museum, an official said Wednesday.
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The Miami Herald | 10/02/2002 | Two new discoveries
The complex development of the city of Zippori during the third century, the period of Roman rule, is apparent from the wealth of elaborate public and private buildings and colonnaded streets excavated in previous seasons.
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Independent News
For hundreds of years judges have been able to protect the dignity of their office by using Latin to tackle the tricky subject of sex. WARNING: this news has adult contents
oct02w1

Ananova - Roman iron factory uncovered
A Roman iron factory has been discovered at a remote moorland site.
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