MetaFilter posts tagged with archaeology and Rome

Looking Good, Ancient Rome

Miko — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:28:21 -0800

Amateur archaeologist and "forensic hairdresser" Janet Stephens has discovered how to recreate the Seni Crines, the elaborately braided hairstyle worn by the vestal virgins. Don't miss Stephens' other classical hairstyle videos.

Sydromachos had a backside “as big as a cistern.”

homunculus — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:25:30 -0800

Titas wuz here: Ancient graffiti begins giving up its secrets. [Via]

Mithras

homunculus — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:12:53 -0800

Bull-Killer, Sun Lord. "Foreign religions grew rapidly in the 1st-century A.D. Roman Empire, including worship of Jesus Christ, the Egyptian goddess Isis, and an eastern sun god, Mithras."

Rome's Ancient Aqueduct

homunculus — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:22:42 -0800

Rome's Ancient Aqueduct Found. "The long-sought aqueduct that delivered fresh, clean water to Rome nearly 2,000 years ago, is found beneath a pig pasture northwest of the Italian city."

I'll never let go

shakespeherian — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:32:05 -0800

Archaeologists find graveyard of sunken Roman ships. Information on how such a shipwreck is discovered available from the Aurora Trust site.

Via Aurelia

homunculus — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:00:20 -0800

The Roman Empire's Lost Highway: French amateur archaeologist Bruno Tassan fights to preserve a neglected 2,000-year-old ancient interstate in southern Provence.

Rome's Tremendous Tunnel

homunculus — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:15:13 -0800

The Ancient World's Longest Underground Aqueduct. "Roman engineers chipped an aqueduct through more than 100 kilometers of stone to connect water to cities in the ancient province of Syria. The monumental effort took more than a century, says the German researcher who discovered it." How Did the Romans Accomplish Such a Feat? [Via]

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. - Cindy Crawford

Irontom — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 07:21:07 -0800

Roman Cosmetics Found at Temple Dig: Stunningly well preservered, the cream still bears the fingerprints of whoever used it last, almost 2,000 years ago.