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High-tech imaging reveals hidden past in ancient texts

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- It might simply look like a smudge, but even the slightest stain on the ancient writing surface of papyrus could obscure a revelation of a past civilization. Now, with the advent of high-tech imaging, some ...





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'Dutch' Batavians more Roman than thought

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The Batavians, who lived in the Netherlands at the start of the Christian era were far more Roman than was previously thought. After just a few decades of Roman occupation, the Batavians had become so integrated that they ...


Researcher investigates ancient geology to understand human development, climate change

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 03, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- To figure out how ancient humans adapted to their environment and constructed civilizations, you need to know the environment in which they lived -- including climate change over thousands of years.


This picture released by the CNRS/Universite de Provence shows a column of Emperor Nero banquet hall

Archaeologists unearth Nero's revolving banquet hall

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Archaeologists have unveiled the remains of a revolving banquet room built by the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled between 54 and 68 BC and was famed for his depraved and extravagant lifestyle, a statement said ...


A marble bust of Roman Emperor Vespasian

Archaeologists unearth 'birthplace of Roman emperor' in Italy

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Archaeologists said Thursday they had unearthed the ruins of a villa believed to be the birthplace of a Roman Emperor who reigned almost 2,000 years ago.


Showcasing the secrets of Caistor Roman town

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In December 2007 a team of experts, led by The University of Nottingham, unveiled an extraordinary set of high-resolution images that gave an insight into the plan of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund ...


Buried Coins Key to Roman Population Mystery?

Buried Coins Key to Roman Population Mystery?

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (14) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first century BC in Italy was culturally a brilliant age, unequaled by any other period in Roman history. It was a time of Cicero, Caesar, Vergil, Horace and many other major literary ...


Caistor skeleton mystifies archaeologists

Caistor skeleton mystifies archaeologists

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (14) | comments 1

A skeleton, found at one of the most important, but least understood, Roman sites in Britain is puzzling experts from The University of Nottingham.


Food and drink, and what it says about us

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 15, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

What did the Vikings eat for supper? How good were the grocers in Roman Pompeii? What was it like feasting with the Greeks in the second millennium BC? How can this tell us why we like TV dinners today?


Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt (AP)

Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago.


Probing Question: Is football similar to Roman gladiator games?

Probing Question: Is football similar to Roman gladiator games?

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

On six more Saturdays between now and mid-November, a caravan of pilgrims will arrive at University Park, Pennsylvania. Many will sport outlandishly colorful attire. Some will appear days beforehand and live ...



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