Romans ate weird stuff

[arbskynxnex]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13781202

This is a pretty nifty find, but the Romans had some odd dietary habits. From the article "The sewer also offered up items of pottery, a lamp, 60 coins, necklace beads and even a gold ring with a decorative gemstone." I wonder if it is a dietary craving, like how my cat craves power cords? Plus a gold ring with a gemstone, someone was eating good.

The Pompeii eruption created some good job security for archaeologists and did a great job preserving everyday life that normally decay away in a matter of years (at a cost to the people who couldn't escape).

[takza]

Ate a lot of veggies. And no GMOs....antibiotics....growth hormones....artificial dyes...chemicals and additives in processed food...sugar....poor fats..... Did use lead pipes and had lead vessels to drink from and so forth? Bet they weren't 1/3 to 1/2 overweight either. But...alas...their empire fell...as will the US mess...eventually...maybe sooner than most think?

[solarlord]

welcome to a land that has lost its empire and gone down the the pan- but we still have Auntie - you can look forward to the gentle side into oblivion,, in the mean time watch this if you hanker after your youth and still enjoy big boys toys- del
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... rain_Race/

[hberdan]

"In a tunnel 86m long, they unearthed what is believed to be the largest deposit of human excrement ever found in the Roman world. Seven hundred and fifty sacks of it to be exact, containing a wealth of information. "--BBC

' "This is a bag of shit!"
"But it's really GOOD shit, Mrs. Preske!"'--Firesign Theatre

[arbskynxnex]

welcome to a land that has lost its empire and gone down the the pan- but we still have Auntie - you can look forward to the gentle side into oblivion,, in the mean time watch this if you hanker after your youth and still enjoy big boys toys- del
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... rain_Race/

Who is Auntie?

Man I want to watch that so bad, but "Video not available in your region." I just started putting track down for a model of a logging railroad that ran through my college campus in the 1880's.

[solarlord]

Arbs- Auntie is the BBC ( british broadcasting corporation-) will see if i can get this program another way and send the link-its a damn shame you cant watch this stuff in the states- did you try any of the other stuff on the bbc iplayer to see if that worked??-DEC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

[arbskynxnex]

Ahhh... I was going to guess it was a nickname for Prince Charles or something.

[solarlord]

wouldnt want old big ears as auntie-god forbid-at least auntie has a few rebels still onboard- as you can see from my tag the old bill keep a eye on yours truly-the bowler fools em