Posted on 02/09/2006 11:16:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Born in Ephesus around 100 B.C., Artemidorus wrote 11 books on his Mediterranean travels, which are now lost in their entirety.
Indeed, his "Ta geographumena" (Geography) treatise has been known only through 1st century B.C. Greek geographer, historian, and philosopher Strabo, who mentioned it in his books.
Featuring a detailed description of Spain, the papyrus is believed to be the most extensive remaining portion of Artemodorus' monumental work.
"Three historical sources quote the exact text found in the papyrus as by Artemidorus... . We concluded that the roll featured the transcription of the second book of Artemidorus' lost 'Geography,'" Gallazzi wrote in the exhibition catalogue.
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hey sunken civ, i dont mean to go off topic, but have you ever come across anything about the roman shipwrecks off the coast of brazil?
Years ago I read Robert Marx' account of that, in "Argosy" or "True" magazine. What I like about the naysayers of Precolumbian navigation is how a "wrecked ship" can "drift across" and wind up conveniently close to the coast of the Americas. ;')
Romans in Brazil During the Second or Third Century?
Mysterious Earth | June 20, 2003 | "Michael"
Posted on 10/17/2004 7:47:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1248340/posts
One of the real treasure troves--the famous library of Pliny the Elder in Pompei--is just now being examined thanks to new technology.
They found a lot of charred papyrus rolls in a villa which they think belonge to Pliny--but the condition made them unreadable. I understand they are working on them now with some kind of electronic (x-ray?) technology.
Wouldn't it be incredible if they found all the lost works of antiquity?
I believe you mean the library of the Piso family:
Herculean task for modern scholars
More on the Discovered Roman Literature being unearthed.
The UK Times | April 05, 2002 | By Robert Fowler
Posted on 04/05/2002 3:43:19 PM PST by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/660508/posts
Somewhere around here there are a few more topics about that, and about the Oxyrhynchus Papyri.
Ah, here's pointers to the rest:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333554/posts?page=10#10
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