Two Roman Archaeology Group (RAG) events coming up:
Saturday 23rd August @ UWA – Food and Diet in the Roman World with free tastings
Thursday 4th September@ UWA – ‘Satyrs and Centaurs’ by a visiting academic (not sure about the content of the lecture yet- Greek myth or art perhaps?)
See me for more details.
It is amazing what is still in the ground – archaeologists in Macedonia have uncovered a very intact Roman statue of Venus. It is dated to the 2-3 Centuries AD and was found in the ruins of Skupi, near Macedonia’s capital city. A lot of Roman statuary were (very good) copies of Greek originals – in most cases the Roman copy is the only way we know the Greek ones existed. This might be the case with this one.
Archaeology magazine’s feature article for the May/June 08 issue is Legend of the Crystal Skulls: the truth behind Indiana Jones’ latest quest. It is recommended reading before seeing the movie. An interesting story, though I doubt the film comes to the same conclusions!
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