Horace's healing spring: scholars unveil a cold-water spa possibly patronized by the Roman poet and Augustus himself
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Ruins of a Roman spa uncovered at Chianciano Terme, Italy, may be the remains of a cold-water spa described by Horace in 23 BC. Antonius Musa, personal physician of the Emperor Augustus, recommended cold-water cures to Horace and others. During excavations by the University of Arizona, a large ancient spa pool was found, and water began to flow again from the spring. Circumstantial evidence concerning the site fits Horace's account.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1999
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Confessions of a cruise lecturer
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A prrofessor of archaeology and ancient history who moonlighted as a cruise lecturer in the Mediterranean area remembers being a cruise lecturer. Missing the service he enjoyed on a cruise, Soren found most of the retirees he guided to be more interested and better informed than his university students,
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2000
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Mood music
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Loreena McKennitt, a Canadian singer whose unique style combines popular, Persian, and Celtic influences, has become one of musicians whose work archaeologists play when working on a dig. In particular, her hit song "The Mummers' Dance" seemed to have a strong archaeological meaning.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1999
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