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‘Great Enigma’: 12-Sided Roman Artifact Unearthed In England Baffles Experts
"The imagination races when thinking about what the Romans may have used it for. Magic, rituals or religion — we perhaps may ...
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What Was Ancient Egypt Like Under Roman Rule?
What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?
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Archaeologists discover 141 ancient gold coins, some from a little-known Roman emperor
An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman ...
Greek Reporter3d
Why Ancient Roman Concrete Lasted Thousands of Years
The ancient Romans were great builders, especially known for their aqueducts. These are still standing today because they ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
Archaeologists Discover a Stash of 1,500-Year-Old Weapons—Including the Only Known Roman Helmet Ever Found in Denmark
The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...
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What did the Romans Think About Race and Identity?
Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on what the ...
Archaeologists Discovered the Pieces of a Fifth-Century Board Game. They Tell a Big Story.
The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...
New Scientist5d
Volcano-scorched Roman scroll is read for the first time in 2000 years
A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to X-ray imaging and machine learning ...
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...
India Times6d
First ever Kho Kho World Cup: How India's ancient sport hit the global stage
Poetry has been a cornerstone of human expression for millennia. One of the earliest poetic texts, Hymn to the Death of Tammuz, dates back to 2500–3000 BCE, alongside the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh.