Category Archives: Archaeology
The Roman Amphitheatre at Xanten (Germany)
The Amphitheatre LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten / LVR-RömerMuseum * Trajanstraße 4, 46509 Xanten, Germany * Phone: +49 (0) 28 01 / 712 – 0 * [email protected] * http://www.apx.de/english/archaeologicalpark/rec_buildings/amphitheatre.htm The Amphitheatre During the Roman occupation, their engineers built a new type of … Continue reading
The Harbour Temple at the Xanten Archaeological Park (Germany)
The Harbour Temple (Colonia Upia Traiana) LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten / LVR-RömerMuseum * Trajanstraße 4, 46509 Xanten, Germany * Phone: +49 (0) 28 01 / 712 – 0 * [email protected] * http://www.apx.de/english/archaeologicalpark/rec_buildings/harbour+temple.htm In the Archaeologie Park resides a partially reconstructed ruins … Continue reading
Xanten Archaeological Park (Germany)
Xanten Archaeological Park LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten * Trajanstraße 4, 46509 Xanten, Germany * Phone: +49 (0) 28 01 / 712 – 0 * [email protected] * http://www.apx.de/ * Adults: EUR 5.00 * Children (over the age of six): EUR 2.50 * … Continue reading
Cooking Pot burial at Xanten, Germany
Buried in a Cooking Pot The Germans had no special ceramic objects for their graves; they used cooking and dining dishes, as well as storage vessels .
The Boy of Luttingen (Xanten, Germany)
The Boy of Luttingen (Bronze) served to carry trays and was probably installed in one of the legate palaces of Vetera I.
Romer Museum (Xanten, Germany)
Romer Museum (Roman Museum) LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten / LVR-RömerMuseum * Trajanstraße 4, 46509 Xanten, Germany * Phone: +49 (0) 28 01 / 712 – 0 * [email protected] * http://www.apx.de/ * Adults: EUR 5.00 * Children (over the age of six): … Continue reading
Vampire in Mass Grave
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126985.200-vampire-discovered-in-mass-grave.html?ITO=1490 ‘Vampire’ discovered in mass grave * Updated 16:07 06 March 2009: * Magazine issue 2698. Subscribe and get 4 free issues. A SKELETON exhumed from a grave in Venice is being claimed as the first known example of the … Continue reading
Rai, or Stones of Status
Stone of Status Stone of Status Smithsonian display: In 1904, a Villager named “You” (pronounced yo-u) from the Micronesian island of Yap quarried this stone valuable on the nearby island of Palau (also known as Belau). It was sent to … Continue reading
Easter Island Stone Figure
From the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History exhibit on 2/21/2009 placard sign: “This figure came from a rare inland ceremonial site called ‘Ahu O Pepe.’ Most moai, including this one were carved from hardened volcanic ash found at a single … Continue reading