Normandy grave hints at 300-year defiance of the Roman Empire- January 29, 2007 By John Lichfield in Evreux, The Independent"A macabre 1,700-year-old mass grave of people and horses, discovered in Normandy, poses perplexing new questions about the Roman conquest of France. Was there a small part of ancient Gaul which refused, Asterix-like, to surrender for 300 years The grave site, from the 3rd century, which was discovered by French state archaeologists at Evreux, appears to contain ritual arrangements of human and...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_01_01_romanarch_archive.html#3115259375520872294 Police seize 1st century reliefs of early gladiatorial combat- January 28, 2007 Italian police have unearthed the hidden cache of a group of grave robbers, recovering ancient Roman marble reliefs depicting stunningly lifelike gladiators locked in mortal combat, officials said Wednesday. The 12 panels were found buried in the garden of a private home near Fiano Romano, some 25 miles north of Rome, and officials hailed the find as a major archaeological discovery and a blow to the illegal antiquities market. Archaeologists said the work offers a glimpse into early gladiator.http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_01_01_romanarch_archive.html#3600006366845458245 Antonine Wall to be nominated for World Heritage status- January 28, 2007 "THE UK government will put forward a historic Scottish landmark for World Heritage Site status, it was announced today. The Antonine Wall will be nominated to the United Nations for the elite heritage status. It would become only the fifth Scottish landmark to have been bestowed lofty recognition. The 2,000-year-old wall runs 37 miles from Bo'ness in West Lothian to Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire and is one of the most significant Roman remains in existence. It is an extension to the...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_01_01_romanarch_archive.html#6126694395934862447 Possible Lupercale found in Palatine Excavation- January 24, 2007 Work on Rome's Palatine Hill has turned up a trove of discoveries, including what might be the underground grotto where ancient Romans believed a wolf nursed the city's legendary founders Romulus and Remus.It was during the restoration of the palace of Rome's first emperor that workers taking core samples from the hill found what could be a long-lost place of worship, believed by ancient Romans to be the cave where a she-wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, the abandoned twin sons of the god of war..http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_01_01_romanarch_archive.html#2504090388027657884 |