June 2011
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Nice feature in Fortean Times … here’s the incipit: Alexander of Abonoteichus may not be one of the most famous figures of the second century AD… in fact, with a mouthful of a name like that it’s surprising anyone remembers him at all. But a Roman emperor threw lions into the Danube on the advice…
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From the Hollywood Reporter comes word of some Classical connections in an upcoming movie called Snow White and the Huntsman … inter alia: In the script, the dwarfs are named after Roman emperors with McShane playing the group’s leader, Caesar, Jones as a timid dwarf named Claudius and Izzard playing Tiberius, described as the biggest…
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Something clearly lost in translation in this one from Al-Masry Al-Youm: A huge palace from the Roman ages (31-395 BC) has been discovered in the New Valley Governorate in Upper Egypt, the Ministry of Antiquities announced Monday. An US expedition in the Amhada region, 500km south of Cairo, unearthed a palace belonging to a person…
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From Novinite: An intact Ancient Thracian tomb which has not been destroyed by treasure hunters has been discovered by a team of Bulgarian archaeologists near the town of Opaka in northeast Bulgaria. The tomb of a Thracian dignitary is dated to the 2nd century BC, and was discovered by the team of archaeologist Nikola Rusev…
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Just to add another voice: Gobi Desert Romans Are Unfounded Speculation : Aardvarchaeology. Our previous rants on same: Romans in China Redux Crassus’ Lost Army? Meet Elmer. Don’t Eat That. Crassus’ Lost Army … Spinning out of Control The Next (Il)logical Step in the Lost Crassus Army Saga
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