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Science

Scientists Use Radar To Unearth Incredible Roman Gladiator School

Sixty kilometres outside of Vienna, a crack team of European scientists have managed to discover the ruins of a Roman gladiator school using only radar. It is one of most well-preserved finds of its kind, and it even rivals the Colosseum in scale.

August 31, 2010

Overwhelming Proof That The Romans Were Addicted To Facebook

While strolling through the Getty Vila in Malibu – a museum dedicated to the study the cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and Etruria – Adam Pash discovered something curious: Evidence that even the Romans couldn’t resist Facebook.

August 28, 2010

The Long, Unglamorous History Of The Toilet

Nobody is entirely sure who first had the privilege of sitting on a toilet. Evidence of advanced plumbing systems in the ancient world abounds, but it’s a strange, meandering path from antiquity to checking your inbox on the can.

July 11, 2010
Gadgets

Guy With Metal Detector Finds $US1 Million In Roman Coins

Considering how thrilled I was just to find this story, I can only imagine how deliriously excited Dave Crisp, a British hospital chef, was when his metal detector uncovered this pot of 52,000 Roman coins.

January 31, 2010
Gadgets

The World’s Oldest Swiss Army Knife

This could very well be the world’s first Swiss Army Knife. Bearing a striking resemblance to modern multi-tools, it has at least six distinct functions and originates from the Roman Empire circa 200 A.D.

December 2, 2009
Mobile

HTC Touch.B Surfaces, Dismisses Rome Codename

Moonlighting under the Touch.B name, more details on HTC’s Rome handset have been unearthed in France, including some dishy photos which show the two-tone phone properly for the first time. My, the family resemblance is strong.

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