JAN 30, 2007--Prof. Greg Aldrete's latest book Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome has just been published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Aldrete's second book with Hopkins is the culmination of a 6-year research project that involved several research trips to Rome and support from two NEH fellowships as well as a sabbatical from his teaching duties at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. Aldrete is an ancient historian by training, but true to the Phaeton tradition he employs a highly multidisciplinary and innovative approach involving as much archaeology as history. To explore the subject Aldrete brought to bear research on modern floods, hydrology, and geography. The result greatly illuminates the historical evidence and provides a new understanding of the large part floods played in the life of ancient Rome. Roman Floods
Reynolds' second NASA book covers space launch history
September 12, 2006--Firefly Books has just published Kennedy Space Center: Gateway to Space, the ninth book by Phaeton director David West Reynolds and his second on space history. Research for the project included a Phaeton mission to Kennedy Space Center with our mechanical engineer Hugh Williams for extensive examinations of the facilities and launch pads. NASA kindly afforded Phaeton's team virtually complete access to the operations at KSC, and this firsthand experience is reflected in the detailed accounts in the book. Kennedy Space Center
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 2003--The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., afforded a Phaeton team special access to the Sea Shadow, a sea-going counterpart to the F-117A Stealth Fighter. Both vehicles were conceived by the famous Skunk Works at Lockheed. Phaeton boards the Sea Shadow in its extraordinary floating hangar for a closer look at this engineering marvel. Sea Shadow feature
DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA, August 24, 2002--A Phaeton expedition team led by Dr. David West Reynolds (far right) has just completed a project in the badlands of Western Canada. The team aided Phaeton Chief Paleontologist Michael J. Ryan in a complete program of dinosaur prospecting, excavation, and laboratory preparation of recovered fossils. Ryan has discovered at least one new species of ceratopsian dinosaur. A documentary crew followed the entire mission with unprecedented access to every step of the process, as well as to the critical decision-making discussions behind the expedition. The result will offer viewers a complete picture of how dinosaur hunters operate and what goes into a Phaeton mission. Volunteers new to the Phaeton project (in blue, at right) added greatly to the endeavor, expanding capabilities and broadening the team's expertise.
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