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Lepcis Magna - The Roman Empire in Africa - http://www.alnpete.co.uk/lepcis/
Dr Hafed Walda reports on the latest excavations of this amazingly preserved Roman city on the North African coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site. |
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A Gazetteer of the Roman World - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/
This section of Bill Thayer's huge Lacus Curtius site provides many photographs of cities and monuments of the ancient Roman world, some with detailed commentary. |
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Potsherd - http://www.potsherd.uklinux.net/
Online atlas of Roman pottery in Britain and western Europe, listing the wares by class or source, from Paul Tyers, author of Roman Pottery in Britain. |
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Roman Medical Instruments - http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/antiqua/instru.html
An online display of ancient Roman surgical instruments excavated from the House of the Surgeon at Pompeii. |
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Britannia - http://www.castra.org.uk/Britannia.html
Well-organised gazetteer and bibliography of the Roman army in Britain, by Peter Green. Maps, photographs of selected sites. Typology, organisation of the Roman army, terminology. |
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The Roman Roads in the Mediterranean Region - http://www.viadomitia.org/
History, geography and tourist information. Includes photographs of archaeological sites. |
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Roman Makeover - http://www.geocities.com/sallypointer/makeover/
Sally Pointer explores Roman makeup through experimental archaeology. Reconstructions of early cosmetics, perfumes and implements used to transform a modern woman into a Roman fashion victim. |
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Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times - http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/Karanis83/KaranisExcavation/KaranisExcavation.html
The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology describes the discoveries of the excavation by the University of Michigan 1924-1935 of this village inhabited from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD. |
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Roman Open Air Museum Hechingen-Stein - http://www.villa-rustica.de/
A reconstructed Roman Villa Rustica from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D. Description of the site, walking tour and panoramic views. |
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Roman Ceramics - http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~rzentral/anadecom/newhome.htm
An index of Banassac Samian ware by Allard Mees, with bibliographies and links on Samian, Roman brick, amphoras, Corinth ceramics, Megarian bowls and terracottas. |
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Ancient Vienne - http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/vienne/en/
The French Ministry of Culture provides a virtual visit to the Roman city: model, plans, photographs and description. Also a guide, bibliography and visitor information. |
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The Roman Roads - http://www.romansites.com
The oldest road map in existence - Peutinger's Tabula, a 12th-century copy of a Roman road map. Each section is accompanied by related links. |
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Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Maritime Spice Route Between Egypt, India - http://www.dickran.net/history/india_egypt_trade_route.html
Popular Science reports that archaeologists have unearthed at Berenike on the Red Sea the most extensive remains to date from sea trade between India and Egypt during the Roman Empire. |
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MAV - Virtual Archaeological Museum - http://www.capware.it/libro.htm
Will offer a tour of an exhibition dedicated to the ancient cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Includes details of the exhibits. [Italian and English] |
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The Egnatia Way - http://www.viaegnatia.com
Devoted to the ancient Roman road through the Balkans via Egnatia and to the ancient landscape of Albania, Macedonia and Greece. [English, Italian, Macedonian and German] |
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Roman Glassmakers - http://www.romanglassmakers.co.uk
Re-creations of Hellenistic and Roman 'cast' mosaic glass vessels by Mark Taylor and David Hill, with discussions on ancient glassmaking techniques |
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Roman News and Archeology - http://www.fr-novaroma.com/Archeology/
A weblog presenting Roman archeology news. |
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Stoned in the Eastern Desert - http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/610/trav2.htm
Romans would go to any lengths to keep the empire's subversive elements out of the way, even cutting 30-meter granite columns on a mountain, reports Jenny Jobbins in Al-Ahram Weekly. |
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Lucus Augusti: The Sacred City of Augustus - http://www.arqweb.com/lucusaugusti/ingles.html
The city played an important role as a religious centre as the sacred city of Augustus in the Callaecia. |
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Praetoria Agrippinae Roman Information Site - http://www.xs4all.nl/~pragris
Describes the excavation of the castellum at Valkenburg (Praetoria Agrippinae) in Holland, with many detailed pictures, distribution maps, and searchable databases. |
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Roman Chariotway Outflanked Modern Road - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,805049,00.html
From the Gardian, archaeologists have unearthed a Roman "motorway" wider than the A road which runs along the same route today. |
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Ancient Roman Cosmetic Cream Unearthed - http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3994
From New Scientist, stunningly well-preserved cosmetics canister, containing a white cream, has been unearthed at the site of an ancient Roman temple in London. |
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Roman Buildings Archaeology - http://members.lycos.co.uk/DanielsDwyer/
Robert Daniels-Dwyer provides a bibliography and links on the archaeology of buildings in the Roman Empire, particularly Roman Italy and North Africa. |
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See You at the Spa! - http://www.archaeology.org//online/news/bath.html
A re-analysis of Roman Bath's iconography led Martin Henig to envision the spa as a place used both by Romans and aspiring native Celts. Article in Archaeology. |
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Lacus Curtius - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/
Bill Thayer's extensive collection of materials on ancient Rome. Includes a gazetteer of sites in the Roman Empire with annotated photographs of Roman monuments, classical texts and 19th-century archaeological and topographical works. |