dashdotcomma » rome http://www.dashdotcomma.com -., Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2006-2007 wordpress.dashdotcomma.com@areyoualert.com (dashdotcomma) wordpress.dashdotcomma.com@areyoualert.com (dashdotcomma) posts -. dashdotcomma dashdotcomma wordpress.dashdotcomma.com@areyoualert.com No no http://www.dashdotcomma.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg dashdotcomma http://www.dashdotcomma.com 144 144 RAG events http://www.dashdotcomma.com/2008/08/22/rag-events/ http://www.dashdotcomma.com/2008/08/22/rag-events/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:29:33 +0000 Kirstie http://www.dashdotcomma.com/?p=107 Continue reading →]]> 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.

]]> http://www.dashdotcomma.com/2008/08/22/rag-events/feed/ 0 Uncovering of Venus in Macedonia http://www.dashdotcomma.com/2008/07/16/uncovering-of-venus-in-macedonia/ http://www.dashdotcomma.com/2008/07/16/uncovering-of-venus-in-macedonia/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:38:25 +0000 Kirstie http://www.dashdotcomma.com/?p=86 Continue reading →]]> 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.

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