Completely forgot that the romans would ofen destroy the noses, would make sense if it is actually representing Claudius. But yeah, could be any of them, wear and tear from time/location it was buried or because it was Claudius

Given the state of the US road network at that time (the interstate highway system wasn't started until the 1920s), I'm amazed they got that far.

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Partly but much is historical vandalism. If the new emperor didn't like the previous emperor, they often had their likenesses smashed.

People generally live in flood pains (where rivers meet the ocean). These rivers bring in silt and things eventually get buried over long periods of time. Just like lakes eventually fill up with silt and become land again.

In the end it is just high parts of the Earth (eg mountains) eroding and the silt piles up in the lower places... Making high places lower and lower places higher

Found a link from Seattle times link

They keep saying it’s a private shrine; does that mean a private area within a larger temple? Because one would be hard-pressed to can a small, private shrine a “Roman Temple.” 👀

Never forget the pope abdicated when they found his body.

Iirc a pope abdicated when he died too

I'm hoping for a Mithraeum.

Canadians, Brazilians, Argentinians, Mexicans, etc. are all Americans, since they all are from 'America'.

The bit about Louisiana, what I'm trying to say is since the USA co-opted the name 'America' for the country, you can't call the south of your country 'south America' or the north 'north America'. It's confusing!! So you just go by 'The South' because 'America's South' or 'American South' is confusing as well!

• In spanish: Estadounidense. [Royal Spanish Academy on the subject] (https://www.rae.es/dpd/Estados%20Unidos) <- see number 4: "It souldn't be forgotten that America is the name of the whole continent and every inhabitant is american." The Royal Spanish Academy has final say on everything concerning the spanish language.

• In english, it's a bit tricky: 'American' is the accepted demonym, but Merriam-Webster, Cambridge, Oxford Learner's and dictionary.com list 'American' as an inhabitant of the continent, but also an inhabitant of the USA. So 'american', as a demonym for someone from the USA, is not very useful. Hence our problem with 'American history': USA history? or the continent history? Although Merriam-Webster does list United Statesian as a native from the USA.

More on the subject

Does anyone know a good site for fair-use or public domain historical footage (newsreels, documentaries, etc)? I’m currently doing a research project on school desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s, but I’m having a hell of a time with finding videos that aren’t watermarked or copyrighted (I’m working with a $0 budget.)

I’ve looked at archive.org and the National Archives so far, but haven’t really come up with much in the way of publicly available footage from those sites (and some of the videos on the latter are still closed to researchers).

The idea originated from the medieval Teutonic Knights who were a Germanic order similar to the Templars in the holy land but in the Baltic region conquering pagan Slavs. It’s why one of the Nazi symbols is that black cross as this is what the Teutonics wore

Also, I wouldn't call someone from Louisiana "South American" because I was taught South America was a different continent. I would be more inclined to think you might call a Canadian or a Brazilian an "American" since all Americas are one giant continent in romance language education.

Can we get an article summary for those of us who can deal with the NYTimes’ hilariously stupid billing policies?

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Pretty simple. You and I were taught two different continental systems. What do you call someone from the United States?

And just three days to do it!

Same. Also has the advantage of still being in print.

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Excited to see what they dig up when building the visitors’s centre for the Roman altar! Hopefully a celtic ruin of some kind. Below that something neolithic.

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I always thought people used dogs to pull things.

Yeah Schliemann was the last of the incredibly old school archaeologist that believed in just blasting away with TNT until he found cool stuff. Knowing what we know now, most people think he was a total crazy nut but at the time it didn't seem so weird I guess. Amazing character of history.