Oh no... Not Again! Female 'gladiator' remains found in Herefordshire

[Dinosaur]

Surely this is the earliest evidence for a female archaeologist?

[deadlylampshade]

The spinning of "news" or just the plain facts is something we have had to live with for a very long time.

It's invidious tendancy has affected ancient sources for thousands of years...after all we only have Philo and Seneca's word for it that Caligula was a despotic tyrant...there are a lot of good things in his early reign but the rest may be true or "spin" set up by the Republican Restorers against his "monarchy".

[Bier Keller]

...after all we only have Philo and Seneca's word for it that Caligula was a despotic tyrant...there are a lot of good things in his early reign but the rest may be true or "spin" set up by the Republican Restorers against his "monarchy".

Thats not true.It was on the tele as well so it must be true...ye calling Dereck Jacobi a stinking liar? (Sorry that should be "st-st-stinking Li-li-liar ")

[BAJR]

Surely this is the earliest evidence for a female archaeologist?

No some-one is going to create a spoof story about this see if we can get it on teh BBC }

[mpoole]

What with the Round Table now being the ampitheatre at Chester, I believe there is a chance to tie in the concept of Guinevere as the 'gladiatrix'.

Go on, I dare you.

[kevin wooldridge]

Surely this is the earliest evidence for a female archaeologist?

St Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine is normally acredited as being the first recorded archaeologist of either gender. (Some sources suggest her as the patron saint of archaeology).

Amongst her discoveries on trips to Palestine were fragments of the True Cross (attested as genuine by touching the terminally ill wih the timber fragments and noting their miraculous recoveries), the Nails of the Crucifixion, fragments of various shrounds and the Ropes that Bound Jesus.

One might suggest she was also the first to exploit the power of a gullible public regarding the veracity of her discoveries....

[deadlylampshade]

What with the Round Table now being the ampitheatre at Chester, I believe there is a chance to tie in the concept of Guinevere as the 'gladiatrix'.

Go on, I dare you.

Keira Knightley has a lot to answer for...

[mpoole]

Keira Knightley has a lot to answer for...

Absolutely. I blame Richard Gere, too. And let's drag Helen Mirren into the mix, if you like.

[Dinosaur]

No some-one is going to create a spoof story about this see if we can get it on teh BBC }

Surely there's scope for the Shi...sorry, Bonekickers to resurrect her by mistake in their long-awaited next series of training films and sort it all out with lots of chases along dank tunnels and a luuurve sub-plot on the side?

[mpoole]

Not pointless or complex enough. Throw in a few 'mystickal' people protesting something and a curse of some sort. I understand the Museum of Wales is available as they're not filming Dr Who at the moment, they may even have spare Roman stage-armour left over.