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Ancient Babylonian Map Offers a Rare 2,600-Year-Old View of the World
A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...
Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis
The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...
How archaeologists found one of the oldest cities on earth
Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...
Live Science on MSN3d
Severe drought helped bring about 'barbarian' invasion of Roman Britain, study finds
A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In ...
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Ancient Rome Empire Tour with the Pantheon and Teatro Marcello
In this three-hour Ancient Rome tour, we will look closely at this period and how, under the influence of the first emperors, Rome rapidly developed into one of the greatest capitals of the ancient ...
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A Misty History of Roman Portugal
Map of Iberian tribal locations circa 100 BC Military resistance ... The following year, the Lusitani attacked the Conii and then crossed the Straits of Gibraltar to lay siege to the city of Ocilis, ...
Yahoo News UK20d
Scientists announce dire wolf has been brought back from extinction
Texas company Colossal Biosciences said on Monday its researchers had used cloning and gene-editing based on two ancient samples of dire wolf DNA to birth three modern dire wolf pups – two ...
Civil Beat20d
Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Propose New Effort To Map Ancient Fishponds
The state hasn’t kept track, so now lawmakers want to create a database with maps of where those ancient ponds are located. It’s the first step in restoring a key component of native food ...
Greek Reporter24d
Explore the Ancient Greek World Through a Revolutionary Digital Map
A digital map of ancient Greece and the known ancient world as traveled by ancient geographers has been created by researchers at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The map lets users ...
The Conversation24d
Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way
Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Tariffs are back in the headlines this week, with United States President Donald Trump introducing sweeping new tariffs of at ...
Gibraltar Chronicle24d
Strait of Gibraltar Association Trust donates £1,000 to Down Syndrome association in Tangier
The Strait of Gibraltar Association Trust has donated £1,000 to the Assadaka Association for Down Syndrome Children and Adults in Tangier as part of its ongoing support for charitable causes in ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in Ancient Pompeii
Pompeii Archaeological Park Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside a cemetery in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city ... were likely carved during Rome’s Late Republican period ...