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Nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Romans enjoyed a variety of snacks when attending events at the Colosseum. Recent ...
To find out who was right, they looked for a sign from the gods ... The emperor ruled over the Roman Empire, a bit like a king. Find out below about some of the emperors who influenced Britain.
On a riverside in eastern Austria sat a mysterious set of ruins. Some believed it to be an abandoned, run-down castle. Others ...
Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...
When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.
Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the ...
It certainly didn’t look like much. However ... who with their trained eyes found it was an ancient Roman helmet. This was no ...
Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman ... look beyond the city walls. And it's easy to understand why: there's plenty on offer within this monumentally well-preserved town, from jewel ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...