Classical archaeologist Michael Guggenberger, who has published several studies on the objects, described them in a 2000 ...

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have ...

Hike Through Ancient Roman and Biblical History in Turkey’s Rugged Mountains In southern Turkey, an extensive new trail network spirits trekkers to Pisidia, home to many lost treasures and a ...

Ancient Books - All Rare Collections of codices Maya codices (singular codex) are folding books stemming from the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, written in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

"Veni, vidi, vici," or "I came, I saw, I conquered," is a phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar — but why did the ...

The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

Criterion (iv): The Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia is a remarkable example of Roman military architecture and technological development. The property testifies to the versatility and ...

Lays of ancient Rome by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859; Zaehnsdorf (Firm) bnd CU-BANC; Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Spottiswoode, Andrew Publication date 1847 Topics ...

The ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides is considered by many to be the father of pharmacology for authoring De ...