Historians and archaeologists are kindred spirits, the former just like to stay clean and dry. But my admiration for those professional and amateur archaeologists know no bounds. One of the most fascinating examples of archaeological passion I've seen recently is from Carole Raddato, who has been following in the footsteps of that most peripatetic of Roman emperors, Hadrian. She has a blog that is well worth following anytime, but she is now starting an innovative and ambitious "Hadrian 1900" project, in which she will follow all of Hadrian's travels around his empire, on their 1900th anniversary. She plans to do this for the next 31 years, exactly tracking him according to his anniversaries! It's an amazing adventure that can be followed at (appropriately enough) followinghadrian.com. You can also follow her Twitter account @carolemadge.
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