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Ancient Spice Route Between Egypt and India
http://www.popular-science.net/history/india_egypt_trade_route.html
Popular Science reports that archaeologists have unearthed at Berenike on the Red Sea the most extensive remains to date from sea trade between India and Egypt during the Roman Empire.
Ancient Vienne
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/vienne/en/
The French Ministry of Culture provides a virtual visit to the Roman city: model, plans, photographs and description. Also a guide, bibliography and visitor information.
Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times
http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/Karanis83/KaranisExcavation/KaranisExcavation.html
The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology describes the discoveries of the excavation by the University of Michigan 1924-1935 of this village inhabited from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD.
Lucus Augusti: The Sacred City of Augustus
http://www.arqweb.com/lucusaugusti/ingles.html
The city played an important role as a religious centre as the sacred city of Augustus in the Callaecia.
MAV - Virtual Archaeological Museum
http://www.capware.it/libro.htm
Will offer a tour of an exhibition dedicated to the ancient cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Includes details of the exhibits. [Italian and English]
Praetoria Agrippinae Roman Information Site
Describes the excavation of the castellum at Valkenburg (Praetoria Agrippinae) in Holland, with many detailed pictures, distribution maps, and searchable databases.
Roman Mosaic Treasure Unearthed
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/07/10/wvilla10.xml
From the Telegraph, dazzling Roman mosaics have been discovered by archaeologists on the site of an ancient villa in Sicily.
Roman Open Air Museum Hechingen-Stein
A reconstructed Roman Villa Rustica from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D. Description of the site, walking tour and panoramic views.
Roman Towns Project
http://www.arch.soton.ac.uk/Research/Seville/
Southampton University investigates the context of the Roman towns sites of southern Spain, taking the known sites of Seville Province, Andalucia, as a case study.
The Egnatia Way
Devoted to the ancient roman road through the Balkans via Egnatia and to the ancient landscape of Albania, Macedonia and Greece. (English, Italian, Macedonian and German)
The Roman Wall of Lugo
http://www.concellodelugo.org/muralla/english/frames.htm
The City Council of Lugo describes the remarkably complete and well-preserved Roman town wall recently declared a World Heritage Site. Includes history, illustrations and bibliography.
Virtual Tour Through Ancient Carnuntum
http://www.multimediaplan.at/carnuntum/
A virtual walk through this important Roman city that was situated about 40km east of Vienna, Austria. Available in German, English and Latin.
