... I stand corrected. When I was there, that night, the late great concert pianist--Artur Rubenstein--was to give a concert. Much later, I saw a TV concert,...
I got this story from one of the guidesabout the Sting Concert. The Sting concert was somewhat a disaster for the theatre. afterwards it was discovered that it...
Water To Run Down From Antonine Nymphaeum After 1300 Years TurkishPress.com [USA], July 24, 2008 Water will run down from the Antonine Nymphaeum, a monumental...
Acropolis to undergo restoration from 2009 Agence France-Presse, July 24, 2008 The world-famous Parthenon of the Athens Acropolis will undergo restoration work...
I thought a hippodrome was where they raced hippos! . . . Ancient Olympic Chariot Racetrack Located? National Geographic News, July 24, 2008 As the Beijing...
... Hippos = Greek word for horse.....hence Hippopotamus = River Horse, Hippodrome = horse raceway, and even Phillippos, "horse lover"! Tell that to the next...
New light thrown on Roman villa remains The Guardian [UK], July 24 2008 A rare, complete set of 30 glass counters for a Roman board game has been set out...
Acropolis now The Guardian [UK], July 26 2008 Athens's new museum is spectacular, even without its star exhibits. Kevin Rushby gets a sneak preview ... ...
Students find three Roman busts Typically Spanish, Jul 31, 2008 The busts date from the first and second centuries and one of Trajan is of particular interest....
Large Roman settlement unearthed by builders Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard [UK], 30th July 2008 A HUGE early Roman settlement unearthed in Cirencester is...
Hello. To me, the visit of Manuel II Palaeologus (below) to England in 1400/1CE is one of the most fascinating events in Roman history. If - for a moment - we...
Hello. Looking for opinions on how people view the so-called 'Byzantine' Emperors, specifically how do you think of them? As Roman Emperors, Eastern Roman...
Greek "Computer" Tracked Ancient Olympics, Other Games National Geographic News, July 30, 2008 A Greek machine sometimes called the world's first computer...
First Indication For Embalming In Roman Greece ScienceDaily [USA], July 31, 2008 A Swiss-Greek research team co-lead by Dr. Frank Rühli from the Institute of...
Ancient ship remains surfaced BBC, 29 July 2008 A Greek trading ship has been brought to the surface after lying off the Sicily coast for 2,500 years. The...
A job for Mulder and Scully? The truth is out there . . . A Fake Ancient Disc? The New York Times, July 30, 2008 Now that we've disposed of the bogus...
I hate when that happens . . . Greek archaeological site reburied Spero News [USA], August 01, 2008 Three year after part of a protective roof collapsed...
Hello Group. Just wondering what folks consider the single greatest victory in battle by a Roman army? I'm talking about the battle itself, not the outcome and...
The Battle of Gindarus in 38 B.C.E. when the Roman Legions combined with Roman foot archer and slinger Auxiliaries and limited Roman cavalry Auxiliaries led by...
Any particular battle of this campaign? Also an aside... it seems to me that the tactics to defeat Hannibal were quite similar to those to defeat Napoleon -...
It's an animated gif, so it may take a few seconds to load. But very cool . . . http://usemycomputer.com/indeximages/2007/July/Alphabet%20Evolution.gif...
