tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76242869475616548822011-04-22T01:25:29.873+01:00"For those of us not trained in the minutia of daily life two millennia ago, archaeological presentations require strong guidance and informative annotation. You are there to look at the fragments, but what you want is for your imagination to piece those fragments into a meaningful whole that has some of the flavor of an ancient time and place." (from 'Art review: A touching taste of Roman life' By Scott Topper,, The Wisconsin State Journal, 31 March 2007K Eppsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624286947561654882.post-43563856171869664142007-05-20T09:38:00.000+01:002007-05-20T09:40:13.415+01:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MYd6gRY5HhE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MYd6gRY5HhE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7624286947561654882-4356385617186966414?l=art401rome.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>K Eppsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624286947561654882.post-50194218612587431772007-05-20T09:32:00.000+01:002007-05-20T09:35:01.016+01:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DVgoGWTP1qk"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DVgoGWTP1qk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br />"Roman Empire sites are found all over Turkey. The most spectacular is Ephesus, with its mosaics, roads, and a partially restored multi-story library facade. This clip is a segment from "What the Sultan Saw", highlighting the history of Turkey & Constantinople/Istanbul, featuring the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. "<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7624286947561654882-5019421861258743177?l=art401rome.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>K Eppsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624286947561654882.post-34257315315222040872007-05-20T09:30:00.000+01:002007-05-20T09:32:26.438+01:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/owLSIfVQzgc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/owLSIfVQzgc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br />visit of the ruins of the ancient roman city of Sabratha around 80 Km west of Tripoli (Libya)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7624286947561654882-3425731531522204087?l=art401rome.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>K Eppsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624286947561654882.post-47201180388629531142007-05-20T09:22:00.000+01:002007-05-20T09:24:03.693+01:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RJzV68W3Quk"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RJzV68W3Quk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br />"Villa del Casale is located at 5 km outside the town of Piazza Armerina and has got the richest, largest and most complex collection of late Roman mosaics in the world. The size of the villa and the quality of the mosaics indicate that the villa was owned by the upper class of the Roman empire. There are 3500 square meters of mosaics on the villa's floors."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7624286947561654882-4720118038862953114?l=art401rome.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>K Eppsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624286947561654882.post-71183557798820271692007-05-20T09:19:00.000+01:002007-05-20T09:20:14.855+01:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BlS7-JFeCms"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BlS7-JFeCms" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br />How to make a mosaic as Roman people did 2.000 years ago. Young students made it in the classroom of Clasic Culture.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7624286947561654882-7118355779882027169?l=art401rome.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>K Eppsnoreply@blogger.com