Nov 22 2010

Roman Swimming Pool Found

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Near East and Middle East Archaeology — Rossella Lorenzi @ 7:31 pm
Archaeologists discover a swimming pool in which a legion of Roman soldiers bathed after sacking Jerusalem.

Nov 19 2010

Michelangelo’s David Holding Secret Weapon?

Tag: Ancient Rome,Artists,Historians,Leonardo da Vinci — Rossella Lorenzi @ 12:48 pm
Controversial new research proposes that David is gripping the remains of a staff sling.

Nov 08 2010

Ancient Monuments Prone to Collapse

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Conservation — Rossella Lorenzi @ 7:06 pm
Many Italian monuments could meet the fate of the 2,000-year-old House of Gladiators, which collapsed in Pompeii on Saturday.

Nov 05 2010

Headless Gladiators Had Exotic Origins

Tag: Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Europe,Military — Rossella Lorenzi @ 2:47 pm
The 1,800-year-old headless skeletons found in York belonged to men who hailed from far-flung places and ate exotic diets, analysis shows.

Oct 22 2010

Ancient Romans Recycled Glass

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Classical Antiquity — Rossella Lorenzi @ 3:40 pm
Large quantities of glass were recycled in Britain under Roman rule during the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D.

Oct 22 2010

Ancient Romans Recycled Glass

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Classical Antiquity — Rossella Lorenzi @ 3:40 pm
Large quantities of glass were recycled in Britain under Roman rule during the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D.

Sep 14 2010

Ancient Medical Kit Held Veggie Pills

Tag: Ancient Rome,Medicine,Ship,Shipwreck — Rossella Lorenzi @ 7:10 pm
A Roman ship that wrecked nearly 2,000 years ago contained a chest stocked with surgical tools and green pills.

Sep 01 2010

Highest-Paid Athlete Hailed From Ancient Rome

Tag: Ancient Rome — Rossella Lorenzi @ 4:19 pm
Tiger Woods, move over. The highest paid athlete of all time was a charioteer from ancient Rome, say researchers.

Aug 17 2010

Ancient Roman Map Puzzle May Get New Pieces

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Classical Antiquity,Treasure — Rossella Lorenzi @ 7:38 pm
Several pieces of the world's oldest and largest unsolved jigsaw puzzle, a 2,200-year-old map of Rome made of thousands of marble fragments, could be unearthed next year following construction work for a new metro line near Rome's majestic forum area. ...

Jul 02 2010

Unwanted Babies Haunt Roman-Era Graveyard

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,DNA,History — Rossella Lorenzi @ 7:17 pm
The ancient Romans slaughtered dozens of babies at a villa in England’s Thames Valley, a new study into the tiny remains has revealed. Located in Buckinghamshire, just northwest of London, Yewden Villa, as the site is known, was excavated in ...
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