Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Stagecoach Etiquette

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These tips for people travelling by stagecoach come from a 1877 issue of the Omaha Herald newspaper. They give you a good idea of how uncom...
Monday, August 22, 2011

The Colossus of Rhodes

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FAIL! (no straddling) by Caroline Lawrence (author of The Roman Mysteries ) OK. Let's get one thing straight. The Colossus of R...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Slimming Roman Style

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The Ancient Roman Diet  by Caroline Lawrence Just say NO to that extra honey-cake How to lose weight as the Ancient Romans did.  Tip...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Virginia City 1862

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Virginia City, Nevada Territory - September 1862. P.K. Pinkerton, Private Eye When desperados kill the preacher and his wife in a sm...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Roman Mysteries on TV (& DVD)

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The Roman Mysteries TV show is a BBC produced series based on the  The Roman Mysteries , a set of 17 historical novels for children writte...
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Saturday, August 06, 2011

A Romantic Ten Roman Artifacts

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Flavia admires herself in a bronze mirror    by Caroline Lawrence (this is a special "Americanized" version of an article I...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Golden Sponge-Stick Comp '11

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A winner & a runner-up from 2010 Are you a budding young writer? Could you create the next Flavia Gemina or Falco ? Well, here...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Should Pompeii have a Theme Park?

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You might have heard me on BBCRadioFour  recently, arguing for an historical theme park version of Pompeii to be built near the site. Why...
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