Wednesday, February 6, 2008

February 6th News

I hope to see more articles on the discovery of the Roman fort in the next day or so. Also, today, there's another book to go looking for to add to the library as well as other news.

New stories as of 6:06 AM:

Book Tills New Soil In Ancient Gardens
UDaily
4:16 p.m., Feb. 5, 2008--Annette Giesecke, professor of ancient Greek and Roman studies in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at UD, combined her passion for Roman gardens, a quarter-century's worth of Hellenic scholarship and an abiding interest in architecture in her most recent book, The Epic City: Urbanism, Utopia, and the Garden in Ancient Greece and Rome, published late last fall by Harvard University Press...
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/utopia020508.html

DISCOVERY: Oldest Lighthouse At Ancient Roman Port
The New Anatolian
Turkish archaeologists unearthed a 2000-year-old lighthouse at the ancient Roman port of Patara, near southern town of Kas, Antalya, discovering probably the oldest such structure that managed to remain intact...
http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-31096.html

Rare Hadrian Bronze
News & Star
A STUNNING piece of Roman memorabilia goes on show in Carlisle this week...
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=594869

Gatehouse Restored At Priory
Fakenham & Wells 24
AN impressive monastic gatehouse which surprised archaeologists with its unexpected secrets has been restored to its medieval glory...
http://www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk/content/fakenhamtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=FAKOnline&category=news&tBrand=fakonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Feb%202008%2013%3A36%3A21%3A520
Also published at:
http://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/content/derehamtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=DFTOnline&category=News&tBrand=DFTonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Feb%202008%2013%3A36%3A21%3A520

Archaeologists Discover Roman Fort In Cornwall, England
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Feb. 5, 2008) — University of Exeter archaeologists have discovered a Roman fort in South East Cornwall. Dating back to the first century AD, this is only the third Roman fort ever to have been found in the county. The team believes its location, close to a silver mine, may be significant in shedding light on the history of the Romans in Cornwall...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080205202327.htm

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