For Those Interested in Archaeology

Loving these skull discoveries and the rethinking that will have to happen.

Here's a fossilized tree story, more rethinking about the origins of trees
The world's first trees grew by splitting their guts | Science | AAAS
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Gordon, I meant to say the article on the find of a new chamber in the great pyramid was exciting. Cant wait til they find out what's in it. Hope its not the boring construction chamber theory.

I did apply for my aunts record but Glasgow couldn't find it Gordon. I think I may ask them to look again, but at different years of birth. For some reason she couldn't be found on the '39 Register either, when I applied to the National Records in Edinburgh. Gran was in Dumbarton and she'd shaved 4 years off her age!

 

Good chance of you finding her real DoB here, Maria-
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Was watching a programme along those lines recently.

 

Brilliant picture OP.

Thanks Gordon, I had both her birth & death certificates before applying. Unfortunately she came from a long line of liars about their ages. Building the family tree was a nightmare. My great grandfather medal card in 1920 for his WW1 Merchant Navy service had him declaring he was born in 1864, when was born in 1857!

 

There is a theory, by some non Archaeologist, that some Neanderthal communities survived into the Middle Ages. It is based on contemporary paintings of town Fairs in Europe. They claim that in earlier painting there are small numbers of people that look like Neanderthals. In later paintings they are depicted as people wearing costumes, but in earlier paintings they are depicted as real - not wearing costumes.

 

Then there’s the Basque...

 

Well, Yoolioos Kaiser's British invasion beach has been found at last. Or at least, one of them might have been. I actually do hope they're right though.
"He was famed as the brutal Roman general who said is said to have 'came, saw and conquered' during his invasions.
But exactly where Julius Caesar and his Roman legions landed in Britain has been a mystery until now.
Archaeologists have pinpointed an obscure spot in Kent as the scene of the first encounter between Rome and ancient Britons.
Pegwell Bay on the Isle of Thanet is believed to be where Caesar first attempted to land in 55 BC, and later more successfully in 54 BC.
Now the site is more than half a mile inland – but at the time it was closer to the coast.
The location matches Caesar's own account as it was visible from the sea with a large open bay and was overlooked by higher ground.
His army immediately built a fort on the spot, and the researchers, from the University of Leicester, claim to have found the spot where it was built.
Iron weapons, including a Roman javelin, and pottery dug up at the neighbouring hamlet of Ebbsfleet overlooking the bay suggests it was a Roman base dating to the first century BC.
The base was around 50 acres in size and the main purpose would have been be to protect Caesar's fleet that had been drawn up on to the beach.
Roadworkers who found signs of a large defensive ditch led to the realisation this was the likely spot where Caesar first set foot on British soil.
The shape of the ditch was very similar to some of the Roman defences at Alesia in France, where the decisive battle in the Gallic War took place in 52 BC.
Andrew Fitzpatrick, of the University of Leicester's School of Archaeology and Ancient History, said: 'The site at Ebbsfleet lies on a peninsular that projects from the south eastern tip of the Isle of Thanet.
'Thanet has never been considered as a possible landing site before because it was separated from the mainland until the Middle Ages.
'However, it is not known how big the Channel that separated it from the mainland, the Wantsum Channel, was."
Landing site for Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain found | Daily Mail Online

 

Absolutely amazing-
"The sunken city of the Caesars, lost for 1,700 years beneath waves off of Italy's west coast, has been revealed in stunning new photographs taken by divers who were allowed to explore the area.
Baiae was the Las Vegas for the super-rich of the 1st Century's ancient Rome, covered in sprawling mansions and synonymous with luxury and wickedness, historians claim.
But as time passed, much of it was lost to the sea as volcanic activity caused the coastline to retreat 400metres inland, forcing the entire city underwater into what is now the Gulf of Naples in modern-day Italy.
The site has since been re-discovered, 1,700 years after disappearing beneath the waves on the west coast of Italy.
Divers were allowed to explore the site recently and snapped photos of the treasures that can still be found at the underwater city.
Antonio Busiello, who lives in Naples, photographed the site and found that roads, walls, mosaics and even statues had survived the ravages of time.
The 45-year-old said: 'The beautiful mosaics, and the villas and temples that have reemerged or are still underwater show the opulence and wealth of this area.
'It was considered one of the most important Roman cities for centuries. Pliny the Younger used to live here and from here, across the gulf, he witnessed and described the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.'
In its heyday, Baiae was frequented by famous Romans including Julius Caesar, Nero, Pompey the Great, Marius, and Hadrian - who died there.
Among the sights now visible are the Pisoni and Protiro villas, where intricate white mosaics as well as residential rooms can be seen.
There's also the Nymphaeum of Punta Epitaffio, where divers swim among the statues of Ulysses and his helmsman Baius, for whom Baiae was named.
A documentary released earlier this year, titled Rome's Sunken Secrets, followed a series of dives led by underwater archaeologist Dr Barbara Davidde and involving historians and scientists from across the world.
They revealed vast villas, priceless statues and breathtaking mosaics, as well as heated spas, cobbled streets and even a nymphaeum – a grotto of pleasure – in the city that lies 150 miles south of Rome and 50 north of Pompeii."
Sunken Roman city now lies beneath the waves off of Italy | Daily Mail Online

 

From what I can remember its rising again!
The sunken part was the super sexy area - the rest of the city carried on...there were two parts or two cities divided by a bay that was eventually bridged...

 

Aye, the Romans did decadence good style.
Lucky barstewards....

 

The Poms were good students...they know debauchery and fun! And how to get drunk...Is Baiae latin for Essex? : )