Punk wrote:I usually wonder, how many people/slaves lost their lives erecting these fantastic structures?
Hiya Punk, yeah, quite a few no doubt.
Punk wrote:I usually wonder, how many people/slaves lost their lives erecting these fantastic structures?
Sunny wrote:Another one of my favourites is the island of Delos, near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations in the island are among the most extensive in the Mediterranean; ongoing work takes place under the direction of the French School at Athens …and many of the artifacts found are on display at the Archaeological Museum of Delos and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Delos can only be visited as a day trip, by sunset everyone has to leave the island......truly worth seeing.
Arthur Evans wrote:Sunny wrote:Another one of my favourites is the island of Delos, near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations in the island are among the most extensive in the Mediterranean; ongoing work takes place under the direction of the French School at Athens …and many of the artifacts found are on display at the Archaeological Museum of Delos and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Delos can only be visited as a day trip, by sunset everyone has to leave the island......truly worth seeing.
Thanks for keeping this thread going hun.
Lots to post soon. X
Sunny wrote:Arthur Evans wrote:Sunny wrote:Another one of my favourites is the island of Delos, near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations in the island are among the most extensive in the Mediterranean; ongoing work takes place under the direction of the French School at Athens …and many of the artifacts found are on display at the Archaeological Museum of Delos and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Delos can only be visited as a day trip, by sunset everyone has to leave the island......truly worth seeing.
Thanks for keeping this thread going hun.
Lots to post soon. X
No prob hun, looking forward to seeing you soon x......speaking of that, surely a week is up??......mods unban the guy ffs!
Keyser wrote:Sunny wrote:Arthur Evans wrote:Sunny wrote:Another one of my favourites is the island of Delos, near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations in the island are among the most extensive in the Mediterranean; ongoing work takes place under the direction of the French School at Athens …and many of the artifacts found are on display at the Archaeological Museum of Delos and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Delos can only be visited as a day trip, by sunset everyone has to leave the island......truly worth seeing.
Thanks for keeping this thread going hun.
Lots to post soon. X
No prob hun, looking forward to seeing you soon x......speaking of that, surely a week is up??......mods unban the guy ffs!
Thanks Sunny.
More history than Archaeology but by all accounts BBC1's 'Gunpowder' is pretty good and shows the filth, stench and brutality of the age.
Makes a change from the usual bullshit costume dramas - people who romanticise such times after the Middle Ages (unfairly castigated actually) until the 19th century don't realise that they would be immediately puking their guts out at the overwhelming fetid shitty/BO smell of even the great and the good as soon as they stepped out of a Tardis.
Sunny wrote:Keyser wrote:Sunny wrote:Arthur Evans wrote:Sunny wrote:Another one of my favourites is the island of Delos, near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations in the island are among the most extensive in the Mediterranean; ongoing work takes place under the direction of the French School at Athens …and many of the artifacts found are on display at the Archaeological Museum of Delos and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Delos can only be visited as a day trip, by sunset everyone has to leave the island......truly worth seeing.
Thanks for keeping this thread going hun.
Lots to post soon. X
No prob hun, looking forward to seeing you soon x......speaking of that, surely a week is up??......mods unban the guy ffs!
Thanks Sunny.
More history than Archaeology but by all accounts BBC1's 'Gunpowder' is pretty good and shows the filth, stench and brutality of the age.
Makes a change from the usual bullshit costume dramas - people who romanticise such times after the Middle Ages (unfairly castigated actually) until the 19th century don't realise that they would be immediately puking their guts out at the overwhelming fetid shitty/BO smell of even the great and the good as soon as they stepped out of a Tardis.
Havent seen it, but will look out for it.
charlie wrote:Planning to go on my very first Archaeology dig soon.
I've bought these tools - do you think they'll suffice?
If I find something of interest, I'll not only upload it on here, but on National Geographic too.
Keyser wrote:charlie wrote:Planning to go on my very first Archaeology dig soon.
I've bought these tools - do you think they'll suffice?
If I find something of interest, I'll not only upload it on here, but on National Geographic too.
I look forward to it!
A few recent stories that may be of interest.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/arch ... naumachia/
https://phys.org/news/2017-10-agricultu ... story.html
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i ... urkey-troy
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... video-spd/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... exhibition
charlie wrote:Keyser wrote:charlie wrote:Planning to go on my very first Archaeology dig soon.
I've bought these tools - do you think they'll suffice?
If I find something of interest, I'll not only upload it on here, but on National Geographic too.
I look forward to it!
A few recent stories that may be of interest.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/arch ... naumachia/
https://phys.org/news/2017-10-agricultu ... story.html
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i ... urkey-troy
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... video-spd/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... exhibition
The Romans staging sea battles as 'entertainment' is something that I've never known about.
Using convicts and prisoners of wars to fight in amphitheatres, sounds every bit as brutal as the gladiator battles in the Colosseum, and it must have obviously been absolutely terrifying for those taking part in in it.
You can imagine Julius Caesar salivating at the blood fest.
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