Uncovered in what was once a spacious banqueting hall that opened onto a garden, the frieze dates back to the 1st century BC, ...
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The name alone carries a sinister weight – Eurussian Empire – an alliance of two once historically opposing forces, Europe ...
At a ceremony this week, Greece's culture minister officially accepted the artifact, which was likely stolen from a museum in ...
Trump's second administration is 'unprecedented' to some, but historians find parallels in ancient Rome, Nazi Germany, and ...
What are the main theories about the true nature and location of Atlantis? Was it on Sardinia, Crete, Africa, or was it just ...
Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 5th ...
Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital - City of Perga on Turkey’s southwestern ...
Geography is a crucial source of information on the ancient world. Map of the world according ... On writing about Greece, he used Apollodorus of Athens and Demetrius of Scepsis. For descriptions of ...
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Rome authorities this month opened a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient Rome that visitors can literally walk over.
The few that could be opened were philosophical texts written in ancient Greek. But most of the scrolls were so badly damaged, they were considered illegible. More recently, researchers managed to ...