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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNConservators Are Puzzling Together Ancient Roman Murals Found in Hundreds of PiecesIn the ruins of an ancient Roman villa in Spain, researchers have unearthed over 4,000 fragments of murals painted in the ...
The European Commission has found that Apple was not complying with the Digital Market Act. Oldest human FACE: Ancient man ...
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ZME Science on MSNThe People of Carthage Weren’t Who We Thought They WereThe Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.
The Romans did have status symbols, just like we do. Portable sundials weren’t very useful or precise, but they said a lot ...
Half a century later, when Bonaparte dissolved the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, these arguments had ceased to serve their purpose. Despite a lack of maps, which makes it difficult to grasp the ...
Along with Mallorca and Menorca, as well as over 40 islets, Ibiza and Formentera form part of the Balearic Islands, situated in the western Mediterranean Sea, around 150 km off the east coast of Spain ...
Ongoing digs at a Roman villa in the town of Villajoyosa in Spain, have revealed more than 4,000 fragments of wall paintings.
The restoration work revealed several motifs used in villa decoration during the High Roman Empire, including vegetal garlands, birds, and painted moldings. The reconstructed panel displays ...
Skeleton from Roman gladiator cemetery was mauled by a lion or other big cat, archaeologists suggest
It's the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire. Forced to fight animals and each other for entertainment, gladiators loom large in the public imagination of the ...
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ZME Science on MSNAncient tree rings reveal the hidden reason Rome’s grip on Britain failedUsing tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...
And according to a study published April 23 in the journal PLOS One, the skeleton displays the first-ever evidence of human-animal combat in Europe during the Roman Empire. Gladiator combat is a ...
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