National Geographic: Gladiator School Discovery Reveals Hard Lives of Ancient Warriors

NG Daily News: Archaeologists have mapped an ancient gladiator school, where the famed warriors lived, trained, and fought. Discovered at the site of Carnuntum outside Vienna, Austria, the gladiatorial school, or ludus gladiatorius, is the first one discovered outside the city of Rome. Now hidden beneath a pasture, the gladiator school was entirely mapped with noninvasive earth-sensing...
MehrThe discovery of the school of gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria

Sophisticated techniques of archaeological survey, including airborne imaging spectroscopy, electromagnetic induction and ground-penetrating radar, are opening up new horizons in the non-invasive exploration of archaeological sites. One location where they have yielded spectacular results is Carnuntum in Austria, on the south bank of the Danube, capital of the key Roman province of Pannonia. Show...
MehrBBC News: Roman ‚gladiator school‘ recreated virtually

BBC News: Archaeologists have made a virtual reconstruction of a Roman gladiator school discovered on the banks of the River Danube in Austria. The so-called ludus was on a scale to rival the famous ludus magnus, the gladiatorial school behind the Colosseum in Rome. The remains at Carnuntum were mapped using sophisticated aerial surveys and ground-penetrating...
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Niederösterreichische Perspektiven berichtet: Brot und Wein muss es sein. Die Schätze der Geschichte heben.(Download PDF)
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Niederösterreichische Perspektiven berichtet: Die Entdeckung einer Gladiatorenschule unter einem Acker beim Amphitheater.(Download PDF)
MehrTop 10 Discoveries 2011

Archaeology – eine Publikation des Archaeological Institute of America wählt traditionell die TOP 10 Entdeckungen des Jahres. Der Fund der Gladiatorenschule von Carnuntum sowie deren wissenschaftliche Aufbereitung wurde in diese TOP Wertung aufgenommen! 7reasons war im Rahmen dieses Projekts für die virtuelle Rekonstruktion verantwortlich. Archaeology...
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