Archaeologists Discovered the Pieces of a Fifth-Century Board Game. They Tell a Big Story.
The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...
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Researchers Get a Peek Inside Another Herculaneum Scroll That Survived Vesuvius’s Eruption
Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...
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1,900-year-old Roman sanctuary and coin found in flooded Spanish cave
Archaeologists discovered ancient Roman inscriptions and a 1,900-year-old coin wedged between rock formations while exploring ...
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Volcano-scorched Roman scroll is read for the first time in 2000 years
A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...
New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome
New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome - Visitors can walk over the map in the museum in ...
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Italy: Rome unveils marble maps of its historic expansion after twelve years of construction work
Rome has uncovered the four large marble maps illustrating its evolution and expansion, from its foundation to the apex of its empire, hanging on the Via dei Fori, in front of the Colosseum, which had ...
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Rome reopens Schola Praeconum on Palatine Hill
Rome's ancient Schola Praeconum, seat of the guild of heralds who announced imperial processions and ceremonies at the Circus Maximus, reopens to visitors.