February 14, 2010
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This just in: A GOLD ring and a gemstone found in a field near Upton Grey date back to Roman times, an inquest in Basingstoke heard. The ring dates back to the third century, and the gemstone from the first or second century. They were found on January 18 last year by Martin Barker, a…
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The incipit of a piece describing a discovery I’m very surprised we haven’t heard more about (this seems to be the only coverage!) … during highway construction, a number of burials — one of which apparently includes a Roman chariot — has been found near the Centocelle airport: Un eccezionale ritrovamento archeologico è venuto alla…
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Chiusi per l’abbondante nevicata tutti i siti archeologici di Roma: Colosseo e area centrale dei Fori Imperiali, Foro Romano e Palatino, così come le Terme di Caracalla, le tombe sulla via Latina, fino all’Appia Antica con la Villa dei Quintili: “Abbiamo chiuso tutti i monumenti all’aperto in via preventiva – dichiara il soprintendente archeologico Angelo…
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Came across this at the Internet Archive; it’s a pile (40+) volumes of this very interesting journal (in Italian, of course)… the ‘Read online’ option seems to be the best: Bullettino | Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma”
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Seen on Aegeanet (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): ONTARIO AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY DAY The Archaeology Centre (University of Toronto) and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) present a full day of lectures by nine archaeologists from Ontario universities, each presenting an illustrated lecture on the results of…
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