May 30, 2010
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Another item which was making the rounds this week related to the ‘basement’ of the Colosseum being opened up to visitors, e.g., in the Guardian: Tourists in Rome will soon be able to visit the underground of the Colosseum, where gladiators once prepared for fights and lions and tigers were caged before entertaining a bloodthirsty…
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Most of the press coverage this week comprised of variations on an AP piece on Franck Goddio’s explorations of the underwater ruins of Alexandria, with a special focus on Cleopatra’s palace (to coincide with the exhibition in Philadelphia). Here’s the incipit of a representative item: Plunging into the waters off Alexandria Tuesday, divers explored the…
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Nice feature in Smithsonian Magazine about Imperial villas outside the big city: Home Away From Rome | Smithsonian Magazine.
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In Classical Greek: Maoists in India kill 73 / Bomb of WWII in Berlin / Kremlin wants again old soviet limousines
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A rather ‘inaspicious’ typo in that headline … Roman Food at the British Museum – Cooking the Aspicius Recipes | Heritage Key.
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