The British Museum, London
13 November 2008 - 15 March 2009
For two thousand years the myth of Babylon has haunted the European imagination. The Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens, Belshazzar’s Feast and the Fall of Babylon have inspired artists, writers, poets, philosophers and film makers.
Over the past two hundred years, archaeologists have slowly pieced together the ‘real’ Babylon – an imperial capital, a great centre of science, art and commerce. Since 2003, our attention has been drawn to new threats to the archaeology of Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq.
Drawing on the combined holdings of the British Museum London, the musée du Louvre and the Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, and the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, the exhibition explores the continuing dialogue between the Babylon of our imagination and the historic evidence for one of the great cities of antiquity at the moment of its climax and eclipse.
The special exhibition “Hadrian: Empire and Conflict” at the British Museum in London will explore the life, love and legacy of Rome’s most enigmatic emperor, Hadrian (reigned AD 117–138). The exhibition will run from 24 July 2008 to 26 October 2008.
Ruling an empire that comprised much of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, Hadrian was a capable and, at times, ruthless military leader. He realigned borders and quashed revolt, stabilising a territory critically overstretched by his predecessor, Trajan.
Hadrian had a great passion for architecture and Greek culture. His extensive building programme included the Pantheon in Rome, his villa in Tivoli and the city of Antinoopolis, which he founded and named after his male lover Antinous.
This unprecedented exhibition will provide fresh insight into the sharp contradictions of Hadrian’s character and challenges faced during his reign.
Objects from 28 museums worldwide and finds from recent excavations will be shown together for the first time to reassess his legacy, which remains strikingly relevant today.
Continue reading ‘Hadrian: Empire and Conflict (Exhibition)’
There is an upgrade for the Civilization III version of TAM available for download. It fixes various minor issues and includes the Fertile Crescent map.
After a long long time since Thamis and Watorrey thought TAM (CIV3) was completed, iron0037 (W. Campbell) took it upon himself to work on it, and to expand the final CIV3 version to almost double its size. Head over to the downloads section and get it!
Continue reading ‘TAM v2.6 (CIV3) Released’
After lots of polishing work, mainly by Ambrox and Graywarden, we’ve released what we consider to be the final version of The Ancient Mediterranean for Civilization IV (Vanilla). We’re now moving on to a Beyond the Sword version.
- XML improvements and fixes on civics, wonders, buildings, techtree and units
- Assyria as 24th playable civ
- New scenario map - TAM Eastern Med - 15 Civs - Standard map
We’ve also included an updated Mac version.
Here’s a quick rundown on what I could find out what other people are saying about TAM. Firstly, TAM was awarded “3rd best RTS mod” by Gameflood. Why it’s classified as RTS we will never know… It seems they didn’t have a turn-based strategy section. Soren Johnson, the lead designer of Civilization IV, mentions us in the book that shipped with Civilization Chronicles. Shawn Grahams, an academic who used Civilization for teaching, mentions us when discussing CIV in teaching in his blog. For the Mac, we have two mentions: Inside Mac Games recommends us in its iMod article, and Apple suggests downloading TAM for Civilization IV. Additionally, a French stragey gaming magazine has featured TAM (for Civilization III). Not bad, eh?
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a download count. It’s quite amazing actually, as we’ve got over twenty-two thousand downloads!
Download Count for version 1.99b:
Novemeber 2007:
4540
October 2007:
5727
September 2007:
4235
August 2007:
2364
July 2007:
5261
Total:
22,127
Note: This also counts incomplete downloads.
I’ve moved TAM to a new server. My personal website was running out of space, and I’ve started a new project which requires loads of webspace… and TAM will be an insignificant blip on the server. So… happy TAMing from the new server!
Note: If you had registered at the old site, your login will not work here. Don’t worry! Just register again!
