A Tiny Gladiator Uncovered in England Tells of the Reach of Roman Celebrity
A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England, ...
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First Map of Known World Created by Ancient Greek Anaximander
The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.
A criticized Airbnb deal will let users play gladiator in Rome’s Colosseum
The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million ...
Rare Roman gladiator knife from Hadrian's Wall goes on display
A 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle shaped like a gladiator that was discovered in northern England will go on public display ...
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Impressive peace altar in Italy honors all war dead amid history-rich park path
The sun rises behind the Ara Pacis Mundi in Medea, Italy, on Nov. 5, 2024. Its name translates to Altar of World Peace.
Roman soldier threw away worn-out shoe 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists just found it
At the playground, archaeologists found several ancient Roman waste pits, including one with shoe fragments, officials said.
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Decline of the Eastern Roman Empire Was Not Caused by Plagues and Climate Change in 6th Century AD, But Rather Experienced a Population Boom
A recent study published in the journal Klio by researchers Haggai Olshanetsky and Lev Cosijns analyzes the true causes of ...
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One of the Main Roman Roads in Britannia, Built in 43 AD, Found Beneath the Pavement of a Modern Road in London
A recent excavation, carried out by a team of archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) and RPS Consulting ...
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The Ancient Greeks of Gujarat, India
Ancient Greeks of Bactria ruled over Gujarat, India under Menander around 150 B.C. and established trade contracts with the ...
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Travel Notes: Exploring Bulgaria
Serdica Roman ruins (1-6th C.) in downtown Sofia. First I looked at a map: Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the ...
DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...
Inside Greece's very Grand Canyon! Discovering how Vikos Gorge in the little-known region of Zagori is a walker's paradise (and heaven for foodies)
Sean Thomas finds that Greece's Vikos Gorge, the world's deepest canyon by some measures, has fine walking trails that take you to sacred groves, fortified churches, and crystalline bathing ponds.