Sites and Monuments
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Lepcis Magna - The Roman Empire in Africa
http://www.alnpete.co.uk/lepcis/
Dr Hafed Walda reports on the latest excavations of this amazingly preserved Roman city on the North African coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.