1,700-year-old tombs — with links to a gladiator — unearthed in Italy. Take a look
Archaeologists outside Naples excavated a 1,700-year-old burial ground with dozens of tombs and an inscription linked to a gladiator. Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and ...
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Explore Rome's Hidden Underworld, Where a City Lurks Beneath a City
Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with ...
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Ancient Roman Gossip Book Makes The Bestseller List 2,000 Years After Its Original Publication
Nearly 2,000 years after the Roman historian Suetonius wrote "The Lives of the Caesars" in the second century C.E., his work ...
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The 2,000-year-old history book now in the bestseller charts
The book’s author, Suetonius, was the personal secretary of Hadrian, the Emperor at the time, and had access to official archives when writing ... that of ancient Rome, but the [Roman] Republic ...
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2,000-year-old Roman gossip book makes UK bestseller charts
Who knew ancient Roman emperors could be so relatable? In 'The Lives of the Caesars', written by the scholar Suetonius in the second century, we’re treated to juicy tales of political missteps ...
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Letter: Reboot of Ancient Rome?
He mentioned the similarities that exist today to those that existed in ancient Rome ... can have an adverse affect on intelligence. The Roman Republic effectively ended in about 25 BC and ...
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5 Finance Tips From Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophers
The Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius‘ work ... A further valuable nugget of advice on finance within the pages of the ancient Greek’s Letters revolves around investing wisely. According ...
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Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum
“The Met and the Greek Ministry agreed to the return of the Griffin after careful review of records and letters determining ... existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah.
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Researchers Use Lasers To Map A Buried Roman City That Dates Back Over 2,300 Years
For the first time in history, archaeologists have mapped an entire ancient Roman city using ground-penetrating radar. According to The Guardian, the buried town of Falerii Novi contained a bathhouse, ...
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Archaeologists Just Uncovered a Rare Roman Helmet That May Indicate a Mysterious Ritual
Five Statues Discovered in Ancient Roman Art Hub As part of an excavation as the Danish Road Directorate is expanding the local highway to three lanes at Løsning Søndermark between Vejle and ...
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This is what a surgical clinic looked like in ancient Rome
Now a popular tourist destination along the Adriatic coast, Rimini—or Ariminum in ancient times—had been a major Roman town for centuries, and the modern city is strewn with monuments from ...