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Offline Xenophon

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #225 on: April 16, 2018, 09:50:22 am »

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #226 on: May 24, 2018, 03:42:40 pm »
Southwark sarcophagus' to go on display: Roman tomb containing 1,600-year-old bones of a wealthy woman and her gold will be showcased in London:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5767719/Rare-Roman-sarcophagus-unearthed-London-goes-display-time.html

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #227 on: June 27, 2018, 05:02:20 pm »
Archaeologists have discovered a Roman artefact described as the 'hand of God' near Hadrian's Wall in the north of England:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5893469/Ancient-Roman-sculpture-discovered-near-Hadrians-Wall.html

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #228 on: June 27, 2018, 08:48:18 pm »
cool!
just a few months ago I finished reading Lindsey Davis' "The Iron Hand of Mars" which takes place in Germania and deals with a very similar idea.

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #229 on: July 11, 2018, 02:36:48 am »
Oldest written record of Homer's Odyssey is found on a 3rd Century clay tablet unearthed near Olympia's ruined Temple of Zeus:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5939115/Oldest-written-record-Homers-Odyssey-3rd-Century-clay-tablet.html

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #230 on: July 11, 2018, 01:11:24 pm »
This is really cool!
I wonder where i can get a copy?   ;) 

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #231 on: July 11, 2018, 05:40:31 pm »
'If this date is confirmed, the tablet could be the oldest written record of Homer's work ever discovered' in Greece, a ministry statement said.

This was misreported as "Archaeologists may have discovered the oldest known extract of Homer's epic poem." FAKE NEWS indeed! Although the find itself is marvelous.

Here's an older fragmentary piece of the Odyssey on papyrus dating to 250 BC, half a millennium earlier!

It's hardly obscure, held as it is in the collection at The Met!

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/09.182.50/

This is the first early Ptolemaic fragment of the Odyssey ever discovered. It contains three lines from Book 20 that do not occur in the standard text preserved today and is a physical testimony to the fact that local variations of this famous work existed in the third century B.C.
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Re: Archaeological News
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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #234 on: August 04, 2018, 12:36:23 pm »
The Greek music is to die for. The double aulos is an incredible instrument. None of the sounds sound foreign to my ears, but the Kihara/lyre is disappointing.
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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #236 on: August 04, 2018, 06:53:47 pm »
Quote from: Pharsalos on August 03, 2018, 06:33:44 am
For those who might have missed this, an amazing gold Roman ring found in England:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-somerset-45038710/a-metal-detectorist-discovered-the-roman-gold-signet-ring

Thanks Pharsalos

I missed that. The ring is a real work of art.

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #237 on: August 26, 2018, 08:43:13 am »

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #238 on: September 04, 2018, 01:55:45 am »
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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #239 on: September 06, 2018, 11:17:21 am »
How Romans made their BISCUITS: Incredible drawings reveal a complex factory powered by 16 water wheels used to make food for sailors:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6138001/Enormous-Roman-biscuit-factory-powered-16-water-wheels-used-make-food-sailors.html

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #240 on: October 13, 2018, 03:08:25 am »
Perfectly preserved ancient shrine 'frozen in time' in volcanic ash for 2,000 years is found in the ruined city of Pompeii:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6268707/Perfectly-preserved-ancient-shrine-hidden-ash-2-000-years-uncovered-Pompeii.html

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #241 on: October 13, 2018, 09:53:46 am »
Perfectly preserved ancient shrine 'frozen in time' in volcanic ash for 2,000 years is found in the ruined city of Pompeii:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6268707/Perfectly-preserved-ancient-shrine-hidden-ash-2-000-years-uncovered-Pompeii.html

Thanks for the link! +++
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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #242 on: January 22, 2019, 02:07:29 am »
The massive 3rd century AD Antiquity building exposed in July 2018 underneath the Maltepe Mound, Bulgaria’s largest Ancient Thracian burial mound ever, has turned out to be a tower tomb like the ones in ancient Middle East cities such as Petra and Palmyra, and could contain the remains of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab (r. 244 – 249 AD).

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/01/16/bulgarias-largest-thracian-mound-proves-to-be-tower-tomb-like-in-petra-palmyra-likely-of-roman-emperor-philip-i-the-arab/?fbclid=IwAR2ngE4vUYTML1-W3VjwaTD64qIySlABB6K1dMgotmFTZ-2JAdnI0IK-F0U


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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #244 on: February 27, 2019, 02:44:23 am »
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Hadrian's Wall archaeologists discover graffiti and pictures of Roman quarrymen who built it:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/27/hadrians-wall-archaeologists-discover-rude-graffiti-pictures/

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #245 on: February 27, 2019, 03:12:43 am »
thank you for sharing
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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #246 on: March 04, 2019, 03:16:45 am »
Unique Alexandria catacombs where ancient Egypt meets Greek and Roman styles are saved from flooding thanks to £4.3million restoration. Lots of excellent photographs:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6766579/Alexandria-catacombs-ancient-Egypt-saved-flooding-thanks-4-3million-restoration.html

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Re: Archaeological News
« Reply #247 on: March 04, 2019, 10:45:53 am »
Thanks, pictures are great.  Looks like a fascinating site.  Appears that they let people just  wander through which surprises me a bit.
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« Reply #249 on: May 10, 2019, 09:44:17 am »

 

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