In Pompeii eat like it's A.D. 79 until June 26- May 31, 2007 Researchers have tried to bring back to life the city's food chain by replanting, in the restaurant's garden and in other open spaces throughout the city's ruins, the fruits and vegetables that were part of the Roman diet -- figs and olives, plums and grapes, as well as broom, bramble, poppy and mallow. Kits with the ingredients will be sold to visitors in the area around the restaurant with instructions on how to cook their own Roman specialties. Although there will be no...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_05_01_romanarch_archive.html#2928758892540320291 Pre-Roman thru Byzantine Period Wine Presses Found on Thassos- May 27, 2007 "Greek archaeologists have discovered a complex of ancient farmhouses and large wine-presses similar to the Greco-Roman press pictured at left on the northern Aegean island of Thassos dating from before the Roman period until late Byzantine times, the culture ministry said Wednesday May 23, 2007. Built with walls of stone over a meter (three feet) high and lined with plaster, the wine-presses were found clustered on a mountain near the coastal village of Limenaria, at an altitude of 500...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_05_01_romanarch_archive.html#7204088792113234548 4th century Roman sarcophagus unearthed at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church- May 27, 2007 Archaeologists have moved closer to bridging a 200 year gap in the ancient history of London.New treasures unearthed at St Martin-in the-Fields church, off Trafalgar Square, provide evidence of a link between the Romans and the Saxons.The finds from the church, which go on display at the Museum of London from tomorrow to August 8th, include a limestone sarcophagus with the human remains of a middle-aged Roman man.The exhibition also features a kiln, dating from between 400AD and 450AD, for...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_05_01_romanarch_archive.html#4473071879399327086 Herod Tomb may have been found at Herodium- May 8, 2007 An Israeli archaeologist on Tuesday said he has found remnants of the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem, on a flattened hilltop in the Judean Desert where the biblical monarch built a palace. Hebrew University archaeologist Ehud Netzer said the tomb was found at Herodium, a site where he has termed the find a "major discovery by all means," but cautioned further research is needed.He said all signs indicate the tomb belongs to Herod, but said ruins with an...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_05_01_romanarch_archive.html#4747942503318954555 Aeneas' Temple of Minerva found in Castro, Italy- May 3, 2007 "Archaeologists at the University of Lecce have discovered that the modern town, with its 15th-century walls, sits on the ruins of the port that was the first landfall in Italy made by the semi-mythical wanderer of the ancient world, Aeneas. According to Virgil's epic, he fled Troy as the Greeks destroyed it and made his laborious way westwards finally to found a "new Troy", the imperial city of Rome. In the third book of the Aeneid, according to John.http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_05_01_romanarch_archive.html#6182182730055163194 |