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Sa in a forlish that hadn’t been spoken in seven centuries and sla at hoone on a killing spree here in the city"

Sam frowned "Why is that our problem?"

"Witnesses say the attacker uses his hands to tear apart the bodies of the victiloves "It would seem that I am not the only monster in town"

1 October 2008

Ancient Plot to Murder Emperor?

Students Unearth Two-Thousand-Year-Old

Statue, Potential Assassination Conspiracy

at Ostia Antica

A group of A excavation at the ancient Roman port colony of Ostia Arcana have unearthed evidence of a historical whodunit in the foroddess Minerva The statue, believed to be deliberately concealed at the ancient port site, was discovered to contain an inscription referring to a conspiracy to assassinate Roustus

"We’re very excited," the teaist, Professor Jeffrey Willia the international press conference held in Roest and most well-preserved statue of Minerva Victoria ever found, and the early evidence indicates that it was deliberately buried very early in the first century As soon as the kids translated the inscription on the inside of the base, we understood why it was concealed in such an unorthodox manner" When asked how the tearined "I wish I could say we found it because of ourwas not considered of any particular value, and has been used for years as an outdoor laboratory to de To be honest, it was siists who surveyed the site before our tea equip tiht feet tall and oddess Minerva (known to the Greeks as Athena) as winged and poised in a classic victorious stance While the majority of statues from the era were sculpted with solid bases to provide better stability, a fitted marble slab concealed the Minerva statue’s hollow base interior The statue, encased in many layers of protective wools and linens, was found sealed inside a stone vault inside the service tunnel, which was originally excavated in 1911

Professor Williams believes the Latin inscription found inside of the base provides the first solid evidence of a conspiracy tobelieved to have been poisoned in 14 CE by his ambitious wife, Livia, so that her son, Tiberius, could assu the translation of the inscription until the statue has been dated and authenticated," Professor Williams told reporters "It would be irresponsible to do otherwise What I can tell you is that once we prove this new evidence is legiti a lot of their books"

2 October 2008

Tragedy Strikes Student Archaeological

Dig at Ostia Antica

Sixteen Ay students and their instructor, Jeffrey Williaical site where yesterday they had evidently discovered an intact statue of the goddess Minerva

Maria Salza at the Center for Archaeological Studies in Rome issued this statement: "We extend our heartfelt sy Aedy"

According to witnesses, the students and their instructor had just entered the tunnel to retrieve soh in the first hours after the collapse rescue workers held out hope of finding survivors, subsequent inspection of the site with specialized equipht in the collapse were killed instantly