Roman-era Human-shaped Stele Discovered in Mugla to Be Exhibited at Fethiye Museum
Such discoveries remind us how fragile and precious local history is. Feels good seeing collective effort preserve something this significant.
Roman-era Human-shaped Stele Discovered in Mugla to Be Exhibited at Fethiye Museum
Such discoveries remind us how fragile and precious local history is. Feels good seeing collective effort preserve something this significant.
Also, here’s a shout out to Alex Zudor’s Roman mystery series (Vox Populi, Male Parte, etc). The titles are a Latin phrase but the books are in English. They are the perfect airplane read: good story line, not too tense, smart references (which is to say, makes the reader feel smart w/shared familiarity of cultural allusions), and relatively short. Better than the in-flight movies; I jump started my trip to Asia by reading three of them on the airplane!
An entertaining story about Roman-era wine production on Crete and counterfeiting sweet wines (allegedly... :-)
https://theconversation.com/how-i-uncovered-a-potential-ancient-rome-wine-scam-258215
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Archaeologists try to solve mystery of puzzling skeleton made from bones of 5 people found in Belgium
Archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery in a Roman-era cemetery in Pommerœul, Belgium, revealing a skeleton composed of bones from at least five individuals, representing a span of over 2,500 years...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/11/puzzling-skeleton-made-from-bones-of-5-people/
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My review of Doctor Who: The Rescue/The Romans – Two Hartnell-Era Stories in One DVD Set #ancientRome #ClassicDoctorWho #DoctorWho #JacquelineHill #MaureenOBrien #Romanera #sciencefiction #sciencefictiontelevision #WilliamHartnell #WilliamRussell