Hitting the jackpot on a dig in Gernsheim: Long lost Roman fort discovered

ScienceDaily ^ | September 15, 2014 | Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

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not as bad as Moon Unit Zappa.

[GeronL]

lol

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Domangart]

In other news: that drill is still stuck for six more months.

[colorado tanker]

An unusually straight road, for Germany, goes from Worms to Mainz and passes near Gersheim. I wonder if that’s the path of an old Roman road?

[SunkenCiv]

Roman Germany keyword topics, and a couple more, from the FRchives:

• The Romans in Ireland
• Buddha statue from 6th c found in Viking hoard in Helgo, Sweden
• Gibbon on global warming [Limes in #8]
• Graves Hint At Contact With Romans (Sweden)
• Crystal Amulet Poses Question On Early Christianity (Denmark - 100AD)
• Report: Ancient Roman graveyard found in suburban Copenhagen
• Ancient Roman battlefield excavated in Lower Saxony [Germany]
• Gold-plated Roman horse head found (near Frankfurt) [Limes in #6]
• 2,000-year-old statue of Emperor Augustus on horseback found in stream
• Near Army construction site in Germany, a trove of ancient Roman artifacts
• New finds suggest Romans won big North Germany battle [ Maximinus Thrax ]
• German battlefield yields Roman surprises
• New Iron Age Sites Discovered in Finland [Roman era]
• Ancient Roman Military Camp Unearthed in Eastern Germany
• Archaeologists discover 'Roman Village' in Gernsheim

[SunkenCiv]

and one more:

Students find rare Roman temple on practice dig [Poppelsdorf, Germany]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2883990/posts