May 2009
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Scanning the Italian ‘papers’ … A Roman bridge is being excavated in Parma: Giallo in piazza Ghiaia scavi bloccati dal ponte romano? (Repubblica) Plans to build an archaeological park at Tivoli (about time!): BENI CULTURALI: GIRO, A TIVOLI UN GRANDE PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO (Libero) … and plans for Pompeii (I don’t quite understand what’s new in…
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A lengthy item from the BBC is sure to generate a lot of interest; here’s a bit in medias res: The leader of the project, Dr Norbert Zimmerman of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, was behind the idea to use laser scanners to record every part of the Catacombs. His scanner, which looks like a…
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Editor’s note: you might want to read our previous thoughts on this program/claim/issue (made prior to viewing, obviously): Cleopatra, Arsinoe, and the Implications As a sort of followup to all the hype about this program, I thought it might be useful to provide a reviewish sort of thing of this program since it has appeared…
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Interesting little item … here’s the incipit: A ROMAN skeleton which was found in Kingsholm is being investigated by archeologists who are keen to trace his origins. The male skeleton was discovered in 1972, north of Kingsholm Square and ever since experts have wondered where he came from. Now, the Gloucester City Museum has had…
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Okay … this is a claim I’ve come across several times over the past few years, most recently in the Morning Call: ‘Biscotti are cheap to make and last a long time,” Anselmo says of the cookies, which were staples of the Roman legions and moved Pliny to remark that he thought they lasted forever.”…
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