August 21, 2010
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From the County Press: THE third phase of the Big Dig at Brading Roman Villa may well have been one of the toughest excavations eminent archaeologist Sir Barry Cunliffe had ever undertaken but it has yielded some treasures and a greater understanding of Brading’s history up to its Roman occupation. With the three-week dig ending…
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… and the French aren’t happy: McDonald’s conquers the indomitable Asterix | News.com
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From the Guardian: Excavations near the antique city of Vindunum (now Le Mans) have revealed a vast religious site dating from the first to the third centuries AD with remarkably well-preserved offerings. Sometimes archaeology requires imagination. And you need it to conjure up the vast complex of temples that stood nearly 2,000 years ago on…
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The English version of this one has lost something in translation … it appears to suggest that there might be remains of a temple of Artemis at Didyma, which is something that has long been the subject of scholarly debate. We really need to get some decent English coverage of this: GERMAN archaeologists are looking…
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One of the things they make contestants do in the Miss Universe pageant, apparently, is pose in their native costume. This, apparently, the native costume of women in Italy, no doubt designed to safely fend off the advances of Italian men on subways: … and apparently Greek women wear this sort of thing all the…
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