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  1. maximus otter

    Archaeologists Find Skeleton Wearing Amulet That May Change The History Of Christianity

    An 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered buried in a Frankfurt, Germany, grave, still next to the chin of the man who wore it, has 18 lines of text written in Latin on just 1.37 inches of silver foil. That could be enough to rewrite the known history of Christianity in the Roman Empire...
  2. maximus otter

    Scientist Believes She’s Found The Recipe For Ancient Roman Concrete

    Scientists have long puzzled over the elusive recipe for ancient Roman concrete, which has withstood the test of time better than any of the concrete that’s been poured in the 20th century. Now, Maria Jackson from the University of Utah claims to have unravelled the mystery, and furthermore...
  3. Analogue Boy

    The Invention Of Jesus

    Another article on a made-up Jesus but this time we know who made him up and why Rome has always been the centre of Christian power. listen here.. http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/20 ... 120218.php We're going to be hearing a lot more about this I reckon.
  4. H

    Ghost Tales From Everyday People

    I am 60 this year, and I have been amazed just how many rational people have admitted they have either seen or felt a ghost. I got to talk intimately with men and women when I was a nurse and carer, so perhaps they felt they could confide in someone who would give them a sympathetic ear. I...
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    • Forum: Ghosts: General
  5. ramonmercado

    Archaeological Finds On The Roman Frontiers

    A lot of history to be rewritten if this proves accurate.
  6. JamesWhitehead

    Caligula Restored

    Not quite so momentous as the rediscovery of Metropolis - see Lost & Found thread in Fortean News for that - but I see the bbfc has just passed Caligula uncut at 18. http://sbbfc.co.uk/Caligula_Case_Study.asp I plan to watch it with my favourite horse. 8)
    • JamesWhitehead
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    • ancient civilisations caligula censorship naked & nude television & film the romans tinto brass
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    • Forum: Fortean Culture
  7. rynner2

    History Rewritten: Myths Busted & New Truths Uncovered

    http/tinyurl.com/yqr5sy (Mod Edit: Original link is broken. Archived version found via The Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090130100439/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1545177/Caravaggio-was-actually-Merisi-of-Milan.html) rynner the ubiquitous
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    • Forum: Urban Legends & Folklore
  8. MrRING

    Gladiator-O-Rama: Not So Brutual As At First Thought

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060222/sc_nm/science_gladiators_dc
    • MrRING
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    • ancient civilisations fighting gladiators sports & athletes television & film the romans
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: The Human Condition
  9. ramonmercado

    Roman Archaeology (Miscellaneous)

  10. A

    A Brief History Of Magic(k)

    I'm writing a story/book, I have been working on it for quite a few months now. I've not started the narrative, I've just been developing a complex backstory, and roughing out the plot of the story. The main subject of the story is religion, and a theocracy that has control of basically all...
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    • ancient civilisations ancient egypt ceremonial magic colin wilson david conway history and historiography magic(k) & magicians mesopotamia religion rites & rituals ronald hutton the greeks the hebrews the romans witchcraft
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Esoterica
  11. M

    Roman Coin Discovered In New Zealand

    http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/26/1072308676546.html
  12. lopaka

    Proof Caligula Was 'Completely Off His Rocker'

    By Shasta Darlington ROME (Reuters) - For centuries scholars have debated whether Caligula, the Roman empire's eccentric third ruler, was a megalomaniac who dared to defy the gods or a maligned emperor whose caprices were exaggerated after his death. Now a group of archaeologists digging...
  13. M

    Rome's Missing 9th Legion

    [Emp edit: The posts on the Dark Irish and the missing ships from the Spanish Armada have been split off to their own thread so we could focus on that particular line of discussion and leave this one for missing Roman Legions.] As posted in the thread about Rome Untoppled, there is an old...
  14. A

    Pompeii & Herculaneum: Destruction / Archaeology / Findings

    http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/01/1017206183365.html The article is too long to quote, but in summary it concerns a Roman villa in Herculaneum, partially excavated, which turned out to house the only intact library to have survived from the ancient world. Around 1800 papyri were...
    • Anonymous
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    • 79ad ancient civilisations archaeology disasters herculaneum mount vesuvius papyri pompeii roman archaeology the romans volcanoes & vulcanology
    • Replies: 99
    • Forum: Earth Mysteries: Historical & Classical Cases
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