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What did ancient Rome smell like? Honestly, often pretty rank
The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...
Researchers reveal what Ancient Rome smelled like – and it’s disgusting
Bodies, potentially decaying, were a more common sight in ancient Rome than now. Suetonius, writing in the first century CE, ...
Missing boy, 10, who vanished wearing pyjama shorts and jacket with Pokemon balls is found
A missing 10-year-old boy who vanished while wearing his pyjamas has been found.  Oscar went missing from the Vespasian Road ...
Urgent hunt for missing boy, 10, last seen wearing pyjama shorts and jacket with Pokemon balls on it
COPS have launched an urgent hunt for a missing 10-year-old boy who was last seen in pyjamas and a Pokemon jacket. Oscar went ...
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Missing: Urgent Appeal to Find 10-Year-Old Oscar from Andover
Police are urgently appealing for information to help locate missing 10-year-old Oscar, who was last seen in Andover this ...
7 Wonders of the World and where are they located
Every place in the world has its own story, waiting to be heard. And there are some places in the world that are nothing less ...
Cleveland Jewish News6d
At Arch of Titus, a ‘nullification’ echoes through time
"We are not exilies anymore." A small group of Jews conducts a symbolic ceremony to reverse the implications of one of the ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel8d
Redemption on the Road of Destiny – Korach
Did Korach have a choice in his fight against Moshe and Aharon? Was this his prescribed destiny or was this a choice he made ...
The Tablet15d
One gobble and you’re gone – death in the ancient world
Ammit, Egyptian devourer of the dead. (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 344 PP, £25) TABLET BOOKSHOP PRICE £22.50 • TEL 020 7799 ...
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Not in Rome or in Italy: This amphitheater built by the Romans witnessed brutal gladiatorial battles 2,000 years ago - AS USA
Built with local limestone in the 1st century AD during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, the same emperor who commissioned the Colosseum, the 32-metre high Pula Arena was designed to host up to ...