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"The Rogue Classicist suggests today as the possible birthday in A.D. 55 of the last great Roman satirist and social critic Juvenal. The expression "healthy...
Roman Calendar Quiz "For a while, March was the first month of the Roman year, so happy New Year. Here is a quiz about the Roman calendar: Roman Calendar Quiz....
Hi, I'm experimenting with a new web application concept called Ning. I have created a web application that allows you to rate (and comment) on people, places...
Mary Harrsch is on Does Cleo Rock? and wants you to join! ======================================== Mary Harrsch says: Hi! I'm experimenting with a new social...
I found another Ning application that could be quite interesting. I have created a bookshelf and will be adding books to it that I have read (or are reading...
this popped up in my newsalerts today. Looks interesting.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uol-ate030306.php
Especially the bit about surface...
[arcamax.com] Who came up with the bagpipe? Although the early history of the bagpipe is still unclear, it seems likely that the instrument was first developed...
Would you happen to have the connection details and/or more links on this? A friend of mine is looking for pre-medieval bagpipes, and so far he has come up...
I think that many cultures have developed theh bagpipe independantly. The reed pipe is a very primitive instrument and is then developed inot a more...
I discarded the Arcamax Trivia (e-)newsletter that they were in, but some links for them SHOULD be in tomorrow's edition, and I will forward it directly to you...
* Pompeii destruction wasn't worst Vesuvius had to offer: study Thousands of footprint trails attest to a mass flight from a prehistoric village, geologists...
Do I remember a discussion here on Woad a while back ? On another group we are talking about it and why it was grown and used...you people will know more than...
Two of my students last term, one interested in Celtic history and the other interested in drugs, told me that woad works as an antiseptic (sp) and as a mild...
Well, the use for woad that I'm familiar with is dye. I know it could be used to make blue dye for fabric and body paint (remember how the Romans were so...
"Robin hood" green dye was made with woad, as I recall, but green requires the addition of another plant and I can't recall what plant was used. Shoshana...
In a message dated 3/8/2006 11:11:02 AM Mountain Standard Time, paulck_2000@... writes: Two of my students last term, one interested in Celtic history...
Hello Woad gives you blue colour .. so to make green, you have to add plant which dyes on yellow ... from those below - Reseda lutea - Calluna vulgaris -...
The Founding of Ancient Rome The story of the founding of Rome is familiar in its broadest details -- that there were two twins who were suckled by a wolf;...
May You Live In Interesting Times http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa071398.htm The History of Rome, by Theodor Mommsen -Tities, Luceres Book I...
I saw this demonstrated on tv recently -- can anybody give me a link to a site with pictures , and can anybody tell me how the hell that thing works ? lol It...
Interesting that they say "The interface between the screw and the pipe does not need to be perfectly water-tight because of the relatively large amount of...
