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For more Information: www.ucl.ac.uk The Institute of Archaeology houses fine teaching and reference collections. They include prehistoric ceramics and stone artefacts from many parts of the world as well as collections of Classical Greek and Roman ceramics. There are extensive collections of archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological material which act as a primary source for the identification of plant and animal remains. Collections of minerals and other materials form part of the teaching resource for the study of early technology. Western Asiatic material includes the famous Petrie collection of Palestininan artefacts excavated by Sir Flinders Petrie, and from Jericho, material excavated by the renowned Kathleen Kenyon.
www.treasurebone.blogspot.com The Tartous Archaeology Department has uncovered three burial chambers that date back to the Roman era. This discovery includes a sandstone burial chamber that contains 28 burial nooks. Several artifacts have been found including pottery, glassware, jewelry, figurines and an engraving that depicts a winged child. Hasan described the second chamber as having a domed chamber ceiling with an entrance that leads to a hallway lined with burial niches and the third chamber is described as a single level of burial niches. Hasan reported several discoveries at Margat castle which include another burial chamber on the western side of the castle dating back to the 13th century, parts of a tower dating back to an earlier castle, a water storage chamber and a small living area with a tile floor dating back to the middle ages. Hasan also spoke of a sandstone burial chamber from the Byzantine-era burial chamber that was discovered in Ram Tarza, as well as a Temple that was unearthed in al-Mintar. This temple had sandstone walls and a mosaic floor. The temple contained a single burial chamber, some pottery, lanterns, several bronze coins, 57 gold Byzantine coins, and a marble slab bearing a Latin inscription.
www.treasurebone.blogspot.com Archeologist have discovered what appears to be a large shipyard building near the hexagonal basin at Portus. Simon Keay of the University of Southampton said "At first we thought this large rectangular building was used as a warehouse, but our latest excavation has uncovered evidence that there may have been another, earlier use, connected to the building and maintenance of ships," Keay said "Few Roman Imperial shipyards have been discovered and, if our identification is correct, this would be the largest of its kind in Italy or the Mediterranean," The huge building dates to the 2nd century AD. It's approximate dimensions are approximately 475 feet long, 196 feet wide and 49 feet high. This massive structure would have easily held wood, canvas and other ship building supplies and is easily large enough to shelter and build ships of the day in. "The scale, position and unique nature of the building lead us to believe it played a key role in shipbuilding activities," comments Southampton's Professor Keay. There is supporting evidence to Keay's claim in the form of inscriptions that speak of a Portus ship building guild or corpus fabrum navalium portensium. There is also a mosaic currently housed at the Vatican that depicts a building similar to the newly discovered building that clearly shows a ship in each bay. Keay's says "The discovery of this building has major implications for our understanding of the significance of the hexagonal basin ...
www.treasurebone.blogspot.com A team comprised of archeologist from Oxford Archeology and Pre-Construct Archeology is excavating a site formerly occupied by a fish and chip shop and a night club, which was cleared to make room for a new railway bridge which was installed adjacent to the Borough High Street. While clearing the site Network Rail discovered the Roman bath house. The bath house includes several rooms to include a cold plunge bath as well as hot rooms, which were heated by under floor heating. Chris Place a Network Rail representative said "This is a significant find and offers a further insight into London's long history," he also said "In Roman times the main settlement was on the north bank of the River Thames and was connected to the settlement at Southwark by the first London Bridge. Much archaeological work has been done in Southwark over the years, but we were still surprised to discover ruin of this nature and size." Currently Network Rail and Southwark Council or discussing ways to preserve the remains of the bath house beneath the new office building that is being erected over the site. Some other key finds have been turned over to the London Museum where they will be available for the public to view. I found the information for this vlog at LondonSe-1 and you can find the link to that article on my blog at www.treasurebone.blogspot.com.
Ancient Roman Contacts with South and Southeast Asia, Lecture delivered at University of Mary Washington by Dr. Suresh Sethuraman, September 7, 2011
John R. Hale, Director of Liberal Studies at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, is an archaeologist with fieldwork experience in England, Scandinavia, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, and the Ohio River Valley. At the University of Louisville, Dr. Hale teaches introductory courses on archaeology and specialized courses on the Bronze Age, the ancient Greeks, the Roman world, Celtic cultures, Vikings, and nautical and underwater archaeology. Archaeology has been the focus of Dr. Hale's career from his BA studies at Yale University to his doctoral research at the University of Cambridge, where he received his Ph.D. The subject of his dissertation was the Bronze Age ancestry of the Viking longship, a study that involved field surveys of ship designs in prehistoric rock art in southern Norway and Sweden. During more than 30 years of archaeological work, Dr. Hale has excavated at a Romano-British town in Lincolnshire, England, as well as at a Roman villa in Portugal; has carried out interdisciplinary studies of ancient oracle sites in Greece and Turkey, including the famed Delphic Oracle; and has participated in an undersea search in Greek waters for lost fleets from the Greek and Persian wars. In addition, Dr. Hale is a member of a scientific team developing and refining a method for dating mortar, concrete, and plaster from ancient buildings—a method that employs radiocarbon analysis with an accelerator mass spectrometer. Dr. Hale has published his work in Antiquity, Journal ...
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Welcome to the AZ of Archaeology! In this series we take a look at the world of Archaeology, employing the alphabet as our guide. *News Just in: www.guardian.co.uk
The Destruction and demolision of British History caused by incompetant Archaeologist who know nothing about Ancient British History. Archaeologists are in reality treasure hunters in disguise. They are really rag and bone men and women scavengers scavaging over the left overs of others. Their ignorance and incompetence results in the destruction of our Ancient British History FACT. They never admit to anything British even churches they discover from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd centuries they declare Saxon or Roman when St Augustine never arrived to convert the Saxon barbarians till AD 597. Archaeology and archaeologists need to re-educate themselves in Real British History and act like Professionals not the scarecrows and hoboes they portray themselves as now. Channel 4 is a subsidiary of the BBC for those who are aware.
Reportaje sobre la Labitolosa realizado por Aragón televisión y emitido en julio de 2011 en la sección "A fondo" de los informativos. Muestra el estado actual de los dos edificios cuyas reconstrucciones virtuales están disponibles: la curia y las termas. Complementa, por tanto, los audiovisuales de estas reconstrucciones disponibles en este canal you tube sirviendo de presentación a ambos edificios. Periodista: María José Sorribas.
www.treasurebone.blogspot.com Italian archaeologists have retrieved a sunken treasure of 3422 ancient bronze coins in the small Sicilian island of Pantelleria, they announced today. Discovered by chance during a survey to create an underwater archaeological itinerary,the coins have been dated between 264 and 241 BC. See the rest of the Article here news.discovery.com
This short film is part of the iPhone App "Main Limes Mobile". It is an application about the World Heritage Site "Frontiers of the Roman Empire". It explores the Roman frontier along the river Main (50 km) in Germany. itunes.apple.com
Welcome to the AZ of Archaeology! In this series we take a look at the world of Archaeology, employing the alphabet as our guide. *Note, I refer to Mount Vesuvius as Etna. Slip of the tongue!*
Welcome to Archaeoscoop, the place to find heritage and archaeology related stories from around the world! Today we hear of another success for the PAS: www.bbc.co.uk
The Penn Museum "Anthropologists in the Making" participate in a trans-Atlantic Skype call withe Penn Professor of Classical Studies and co-director of the Roman Peasant Project, Campbell Grey.
Aerial footage of the Roman excavaion site at Marcham, near Frilford, Oxfordshire. Footage shot to commerate 10 years of excavaion at this site which has now come to an end. A combination of video and stills taken using a Hexacopter.
Aerial footage of the Roman excavaion site at Marcham, near Frilford, Oxfordshire. Footage shot to commerate 10 years of excavaion at this site which has now come to an end. A combination of video and stills taken using a Hexacopter.
Free learning from The Open University www.open.ac.uk --- An introduction to the stories of the foundation of Rome and how these myths reinforce Roman identity even today. (Part 1 of 7) Playlist link - www.youtube.com --- For more information about the foundation of Rome visit www3.open.ac.uk
Underwater archaeology in Croatia - Janice site in Pakoštane. Reserch on roman port and neolithic site and UNESCO underwater archaeology course. Cooperation project of International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar, University of Zadar, Han-Vrana & Römisch-Germanische Kommission.
Highlights from a Roman pottery workshop held at Craven Museum & Gallery, Skipton in celebration of the 2011 Festival of British Archaeology.
The ruins of Pompeii are incredible, but without a visit to the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, they feel incomplete. Most of the artifacts, mosaics, and frescoes from Pompeii are on display there, creating a more complete view of the famous lost city. The mosaics are rightfully famous, but the terrific condition of the frescoes blew me away.
The Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum, Italian: Foro Romano) is a small, rectanglar forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this marketplace as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum. It was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections, venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches, and nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history.[1] Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archeological excavations attracting numerous sightseers. Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city were located on or near the Forum. The Kingdom's earliest shrines and temples were located on the southeastern edge. These included the ancient former royal residence, the Regia (8th century BC), and the Temple of Vesta (7th century BC), as well as the surrounding complex of the Vestal Virgins, all of which were rebuilt after the rise of imperial Rome. Other archaic shrines to the northwest, such as the Umbilicus Urbis and the Vulcanal (Shrine of Vulcan), developed into the Republic's formal Comitium (assembly area). This is ...
Breve filmato riguardo la prima tranche* di scavo a Massaciuccoli (LU) della campagna 2011-2012. * febbraio-giugno 2011 www.massaciuccoliromana.it Facebook: Massaciuccoli Lo Scavo
What materials were used to build Ostia Antica? How was construction and engineering in the Roman Empire similar to, and different from, the modern era? This segment examines the Roman construction industry through the material remains at Ostia Antica, discussing materials, methods/processes, and organization. Each video is a co-production between the AIRC and Northeastern University (Prof. Brian Thomson). Filming was done in May 2011. The NEU film students who made the individual videos are cited at the end of each segment; the Institute thanks them for all of their hard work in an engaging, outdoor environment. All rights to these videos belong to the American Institute for Roman Culture through the Superintendency of Ostia Antica. For further inquiries, contact info@romanculture.org.
An extraordinary walk through the streets and the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum reproduced in computer graphics. The most beautiful views of the lost city: the hidden places, its majestic monuments, the splendour of the ornaments. Capware Digital Video Colour 4:3 DVD010 PAL Stereo Year: 2005
Roman statue and me @ national archeology museum Napoli
Visit www.davidsland.com Walk the Herodian Street and marvel at Jerusalem's Southern Wall excavations with tour guide David Wexler. Learn what life was like during the 2nd Temple period at the turn of the century. Walk on an ancient Roman road, gaze at the ruins of the Temple, walk through an ancient ritual path or mikveh that was used by the Jewish priestly cast known as the Cohanim. Check out www.davidsland.com to learn more about touring Jerusalem and the land of Israel.
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June 16, 2011. (Romereprots.com) The Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology is the Vatican body responsible for the care of ancient cemeteries and other artifacts from the early Christian centuries. They recently unveiled this 3rd century hypogeum, or underground burial chamber, that belonged to the Aurelia family of Rome. Raffaella Giuliani Archeologist, Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology "The paintings represent the lives of the Aureli, as we can see from the paintings they were a wealthy family that owned many houses, in the painting we can see the construction of these villas and gardens from imperial Rome. These scenes are inspired by the Homeric poems, in particular by the story of Odysseus." For the past 10 years, a team of archeologists has been restoring this hypogeum that dates back to the third century but was only discovered in 1919. The Vatican and the team of archeologists say the restoration of this underground chamber has given some insights to the Aurelia family and the transition of paganism to Christianity. Msgr. Giovanni Carrù Secretary, Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology "It's important because the frescoes are the beginning, the transition between paganism and the Christian life. The frescoes are still very much classic pagan frescoes, but at the same time there is already some Christian pictures and illustrations, so we're at a halfway point, in the moment when Christianity, the religion that comes from the East begins to ...
Workshop "Connecting the dots. The analysis of networks and the study of the past (Archaeology and History)", Institute for Byzantine Studies (Austrian Academy of Sciences), June 10th 2011, Tom Brughmans (Univ. Southampton), "Complex Networks in Archaeology: Urban Connectivity in Roman Southern Spain", part 2
Workshop "Connecting the dots. The analysis of networks and the study of the past (Archaeology and History)", Institute for Byzantine Studies (Austrian Academy of Sciences), June 10th 2011, Tom Brughmans (Univ. Southampton), "Complex Networks in Archaeology: Urban Connectivity in Roman Southern Spain", part 1
Public forum organised by Trinity College Dublin School of Histories and Humanities Classics Department to explore the ways in which we use the classical past and to what extent and why it remains relevant today and important for our future. The forum was organised on the occasion of the launch of the Andrew A. David Lectureship in Greek Archaeology and History, a position funded by the generosity of the Andrew A. David Foundation and the AG Leventis Foundation. The event, which took place at the Trinity Long Room Hub on October 7th last, was chaired by Dr. Tom Mitchell and featured talks by AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture in the University of Cambridge, Paul Cartledge, poet Peter Fallon, artist Dorothy Cross and Professor of Classical Archaeology and Director of the Archaeological Unit at the University of Cyprus, Demetrios Michaelides. The forum aimed to contribute to the current public debate taking place in Ireland about the importance of the arts and humanities. Questions raised included why archaeological remains such as the Parthenon marbles, are such a source of dispute. Why people are arguing about the 'ownership' of Alexander the Great. How Ulysses, one of the seminal novels of the 20th century, is an adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, a work created nearly thirty centuries ago. Why a modern Irish poet would translate Vergil's Georgics and why a contemporary British politician would write a book about the Roman Empire. The speakers concluded that Greek and ...
Public forum organised by Trinity College Dublin School of Histories and Humanities Classics Department to explore the ways in which we use the classical past and to what extent and why it remains relevant today and important for our future. The forum was organised on the occasion of the launch of the Andrew A. David Lectureship in Greek Archaeology and History, a position funded by the generosity of the Andrew A. David Foundation and the AG Leventis Foundation. The event, which took place at the Trinity Long Room Hub on October 7th last, was chaired by Dr. Tom Mitchell and featured talks by AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture in the University of Cambridge, Paul Cartledge, poet Peter Fallon, artist Dorothy Cross and Professor of Classical Archaeology and Director of the Archaeological Unit at the University of Cyprus, Demetrios Michaelides. The forum aimed to contribute to the current public debate taking place in Ireland about the importance of the arts and humanities. Questions raised included why archaeological remains such as the Parthenon marbles, are such a source of dispute. Why people are arguing about the 'ownership' of Alexander the Great. How Ulysses, one of the seminal novels of the 20th century, is an adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, a work created nearly thirty centuries ago. Why a modern Irish poet would translate Vergil's Georgics and why a contemporary British politician would write a book about the Roman Empire. The speakers concluded that Greek and ...
A "fly-through" animation of a couple of reconstructed military structures (late Roman watch tower and counter-fort and a Classic fort) on the Pannonian Limes of the Imperial Rome. The animation is far from perfect - there are still some glitches (jumping camera, weir reflections, Z-fighting, speedy galley etc.) thus WIP ("Work In Progress"). Modelled in Google SketchUp, render and animation in Lumion3D. Model (~90%) by Gábor Orbán (YT ID: "gabeszorban")and (~10%) by me, soldiers are by "MorBius" from the 3D Warehouse.
More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Eric visits an archaeological dig and spots something shocking. He travels back to Roman Britain, where he lives the life of a rich kid; eating weird food, having fun with his pet duck and trying to wear a toga without embarrassing himself. Eric is played by Daniel Roche from Outnumbered.
This is a short video I took from Trajan's Markets, looking over Trajan's Forum in Rome. You can hear someone playing Spanish guitar music on the Via dei Fori Imperiali :)
Pre-historic Middle East was the cradle of civilisation both in relation to agriculture and the arrival of cities. Israel is part of that region and shares that rich past. The Israel Museum shows artefacts dating back to those early days, focussing on the Canaanites and the Phoenicians . Archaeological evidence in the Old City also reveals glimpses of this past. However, more is visible of the Roman times where under Herod the Great Israel saw a massive increase in infrastructure activity.
When we look at archaeological sites throughout the Mediterranean, Ostia Antica best represents what imperial Rome looked like. Walking through Ostia is like walking through a miniature, industrialized Rome. At the same time, the city had unique features in its role as the "warehouse" and "clearing house" of Rome. Each video is a co-production between the AIRC and Northeastern University (Prof. Vincent Rocchio). Filming was done in May 2010. The NEU film students who made the individual videos are cited at the end of each segment; the Institute thanks them for all of their hard work in an engaging, outdoor environment. All rights to these videos belong to the American Institute for Roman Culture through the Superintendency of Ostia Antica. For further inquiries, contact info@romanculture.org.
A film of the Roman Villa dig at the East Cliff, Folkestone, 2010. The dig is part of the A Town Unearthed project. Made by Ben Fowles - Canterbury Chrust Church University.
Officers from the Civil Administration, representatives from the Civil Administration's Planning and Archaeology Department, officials from the German Consulate, members of GIZ, and the head of the Jiftlik village council, Mr. Abed Kassab surveyed progress in the Jiftlak archaeological digging sites, where a clinic for the village residents is set to be built.
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Detailed images of The Roman Archaeology Waistcoat - created and designed by Jackie Wills - February 2011. The brief for this commission was to include artifacts found and equipment used on a Roman excavation dig/site. With artistic freedom I was able to add my own style to make thismuch admired garment. Further information www.waistcoatsunique.com
Bryn Mawr NowSusan Rotroff ’68 Wins Top Archaeology Award, Joining a Long List of Bryn ...Bryn Mawr Now2010 - John Humphrey, Ph.D. ’75, whose fieldwork has concentrated on Carthage and other North African outposts of the Roman Empire, founded the Journal of Roman Archaeology in 1988. “Perhaps no other single individual,†said the AIA, “has ...
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Chevy Chase game inventor hopes to get her 3-D Roman Town onto toy shelvesWashington PostWilczynski launched Dig-It! in 2005 and began creating the framework for Roman Town. A trained archaeologist and former junior high school teacher, she researched and created the content of the game and hired a team to design the program. ...
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Roman Fish Salting Factory in DeniaEuro Weekly NewsFOLLOWING on from the recent discovery of archaeological remains in the heart of Denia, a new excavation has brought to light the structures of an ancient salting factory under the town's modern buildings. The remains appear to be late Roman, ...
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Press TVRoman statues unearthed outside RomePress TV"We first saw a white nape, belonging to a Roman matron,” archaeologist Magda Fossati of Rome's archaeological superintendency told the daily La Repubblica. “Then, the head of a child emerged, then another male head and one more,” he added. ...
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Roman road found in Puddletown ForestDorset EchoIt is thought the road is part of the Ackling Dyke Roman Road, built to link Old Sarum (Salisbury) with the Roman fort at Exeter. Pete Wilson, head of research policy (Roman archaeology) for English Heritage said: “Roman roads were built in support of ...
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Arab NewsArchaeologist in Australia finds ancient sites near Jeddah via Google EarthArab NewsThe find has been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science. It includes what he thinks are 1082 ancient stone tombs or “pendants,” so called because they are shaped like tear drops. The professor, who specializes in archaeology of the Roman ...Google Earth finds Saudi Arabia's forbidden archaeological secretsTelegraph.co.ukall 148 news articles »
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