This is what a surgical clinic looked like in ancient Rome
Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...
Archaeologists Just Uncovered a Rare Roman Helmet That May Indicate a Mysterious Ritual
Fragments of a rare Roman-era helmet were discovered alongside nearly 200 weapons, all buried in the foundations of two homes in Denmark. The first-of-its-kind find outside the borders of the Roman ...
Ancient bracelets — made with meteorites — found in Poland cemetery. Take a look
In the 1960s, following partial destruction by a housing development, the remains of an ancient cemetery were covered by a museum pavilion. The Częstochowa-Raków necropolis was opened to the public in ...
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A brief history of Valentine’s Day and its economic impact today
Valentine’s Day traces its origins to ancient Rome, where it is believed to have started as Lupercalia, a mid-February ...
Metal detectorists searching for WWII artifacts uncover much older and rarer weapon
A pair of metal detectorists bundled up and headed into a snowy forest in Poland. They hoped to find some artifacts from ...
Exploration Mysteries: Thule
Thule is less known than other places in classical mythology like Atlantis. But Thule actually existed. The prickly question is, where was it?
Archaeologists unearth remains of Roman basilica on site of London skyscraper
Work to give 21st-century London yet another skyscraper has uncovered traces — in fact, chunks — of the city’s origins almost ...