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Newly discovered 1,600 year-old lost Roman city reveals tragic end
Deep beneath farmland in western Bulgaria, construction workers digging a gas pipeline uncovered something extraordinary: the ...
1,700-year-old tombs — with links to a gladiator — unearthed in Italy. Take a look
The ancient Roman settlement of Liternum was found in 194 B.C. and thrived for about 400 years before rapidly declining and being abandoned. Today, Liternum Archaeological Park is on the outskirts of ...
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30 Ancient Maps That We’d Never Seen Before
The Tabula Peutingeriana is an ancient map showing the Roman Empire’s road network. At one foot and one inch high and 22.1 feet long, the parchment scroll covers Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North ...
The New York Times16d
Echoing a Roman Emperor, Croatia Tries to Cap Soaring Prices
Croatia In 301 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian made a bold but ultimately unsuccessful bid to address the inflation that was rampaging across the eastern half of the divided Roman Empire. Prices of ...
The Mirror24d
Volcano eruption turns man's brain to glass with explosive heatwave
Centuries later, the unearthed towns - preserved by the very accident that wiped them off the ancient Roman maps - gave historians a fascinating glimpse into life of the past. Since then ...
The Sun26d
How much money makes you wealthy? Map reveals if YOU are rich based on where you live as most say £100k isn’t well off
A MAP has revealed if you are considered rich based on where you live, after a new report found nine in 10 Brits who make £100k a year don't consider themselves wealthy. The new findings from ...
The Conversation28d
How Roman society integrated people who altered their bodies and defied gender norms
In the ancient Roman world, which I study, biological sex and gender expression did not always line up as neatly as the president is demanding to see in today’s government. In antiquity ...