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Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies - http://www.romansociety.org
Publishes 'Journal of Roman Studies' and 'Britannia' and monographs (abstracts online). Activities, lectures, grants. |
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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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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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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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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 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 Makeover - http://www.sallypointer.com/makeover.htm
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 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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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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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 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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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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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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Roman News and Archeology - http://www.fr-novaroma.com/Archeology/
A weblog presenting Roman archeology news. |
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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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Ancient Roman Cosmetic Cream Unearthed - http://www.newscientist.com/article/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 Mosaic Treasure Unearthed - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/1435768/Roman-mosaic-treasure-unearthed.html
From the Telegraph, dazzling Roman mosaics have been discovered by archaeologists on the site of an ancient villa in Sicily. |
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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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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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Roman Towns Project - http://www.arch.soton.ac.uk/Research/Seville/
Southampton University investigates the context of the Roman towns sites of southern Spain, taking the known sites of Seville Province, Andalucia, as a case study. |
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Bones Discovery Lifts Lid on Roman Secrets - http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=42626&command=displayContent&sourceNode=42317&contentPK=3117928
From the Leicestersher Mercury, secrets of Roman Leicester have been uncovered at the Newarke, where 31 bodies have been unearthed from an ancient cemetery. |
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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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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. |