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Greek Reporter1d
The Greek General Who Challenged the Byzantine Emperor
George Maniakes was a tremendously talented general with a famously bad temper who challenged the Byzantine emperor for the ...
Elephant in the synagogue: Iconography in thriving post-Temple community raises questions
How can these discoveries be reconciled with the widespread view that the post-Temple remnant of Jews in the Holy Land was ...
Ancient rocks tie Roman Empire’s collapse to a mini ice age
Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...
Greek Reporter3d
Ancient Neo-Assyrian Writing Boards Reveal Similarities to Greek and Roman Practices
A team of researchers from the British Museum, led by Diego Tamburini, recently examined the tablet fragments using advanced ...
New Scientist3d
Bronze naval ram from Roman battle recreated using ancient techniques
Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know how the rams were made ...
Roman gladiator's lost tomb is FOUND in Italy after 2,000 years
Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to ...
Interesting Engineering9d
2,000-year-old Roman mass grave found beneath soccer field astonishes archaeologists
Archaeologists in Vienna discover a mass grave of Roman soldiers dating back 2,000 years, victims of a brutal defeat against ...
Mass grave of the Roman empire is found under a Vienna soccer field
Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube River, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ago ...
TheCollector on MSN10d
The 8 Must-See Rooms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) is home to one of the world’s most spectacular collections of art, sculpture, ...
ABC News12d
Vienna archaeologists reveal mass grave of fighters in Roman Empire-era battle
Carbon-14 analysis helped date the bones to between 80 and 130 A.D. That was cross-checked against known history of relics ...
The Beaumont Enterprise14d
"Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries" immerses visitors in historic battle at MFAH
The blood and guts are firmly off-stage, like the violence of a Greek tragedy, yet the images capture the chaos and brutality ...
Athlon Sports15d
Calls Mount for Red Sox to Make Major Roman Anthony Decision
It didn't take long for Roman Anthony - the Boston Red Sox No. 1 prospect - to pick up right where he left off for Triple-A Worcester. In a 12-0 rout of the Syracuse Mets on Sunday, Anthony ...