Ancient Rome becomes virtual

Computer experts on Monday unveiled a digital reproduction of ancient Rome as it appeared at the peak of its power in A.D. 320 - what they called the largest and most complete simulation of a historic city ever created.

Visitors to virtual Rome will be able to do even more than ancient Romans did: They can crawl through the bowels of the Colosseum, filled with lion cages and primitive elevators, and fly up for a detailed look at bas-reliefs and inscriptions atop triumphal arches.

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Doesn't that sound cool?. The things you can do with technology these days, extraordinarly scary.

Mummy found in Peru

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A female mummy with complex tattoos on her arms has been found in a ceremonial burial site in Peru, the National Geographic Society reported Tuesday.

The mummy was accompanied by ceremonial items including jewelry and weapons, and the remains of a teenage girl who had been sacrificed, archaeologists reported.

The burial was at a site called El Brujo on Peru's north coast near Trujillo.

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Found this on the Xena Messageboard again, very interesting CNN article.

Again I have a fascination with ancient civilizations and anything that falls under that category which is why I'm sharing this article here. :)

The most interesting parts are the remains of a teenage girl who apparently had been sacrificed. And I'm very curious about those tattoos as well as the jewelery and weapons.

Also CNN has a video of the archaeologists unwrapping the mummy but you have to be a part of the CNN pipeline to view it.

Ancient Roman road found in Paris

One of my other favorite interests besides the ones already on this blog;), is mythology and the history of ancient civilizations. Specifically ancient Greece and Rome. I'm absolutely fascinated by the stuff.

And anyway I will stop rambling now and get to the point. Yesterday while on the Xena Message Board I found a great Yahoo article about a new archaeological find in Paris. And thought I would post the article here for anyone else interested.


By MARIE ZARKA, Associated Press Writer Sat. May 6

PARIS - Deep beneath pavement pounded by tourists on Paris' Left Bank lies an ancient path — a 2,000-year-old Roman road recently excavated during construction work.

Remnants of private houses rigged with baths and ingeniously heated floors were among the findings, now on view in a stunning dig. Over the next few weeks, however, archaeologists will rip up the ruins to make way for a research center.

The archeologists gradually remove every layer of ruins until they reach the geological stratum — the original ground — and eventually draw a chronological diagram.

"Excavating is destroying. We dig into historic layer after historic layer," said Didier Busson, scientific supervisor of the archaeological site. more.....