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Turkey unearths 2,000-year-old statues of Roman Emperor Hadrian, Empress Sabina
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (540+ words) Nearly 2,000-year-old statues of Roman Emperor Hadrian and his wife, Empress Sabina, have been restored after being unearthed at the ancient city of Kibyra, Turkey’s Council of Higher Education (YOK) announced in late August. Kibyra, located in southwest Turkey on…...
The Worst Decisions Ever Made By Ancient Generals
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (886+ words) WorldAtlas A single misjudgment on an ancient battlefield could undo decades of conquest and reshape the map of the known world. Command in the ancient world concentrated enormous power in one person, and that person's hesitation, arrogance, or misread of…...
Three Unfinished Roman Megaprojects [12:20]
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (279+ words) More than any other premodern culture, the Romans are associated with feats of engineering. The Pantheon. The Colosseum. The Pont du Gard. Monuments that seem to defy both gravity and time. But sometimes, even the Romans fell short of completing…...
Museum removes Egyptian mummy from display 'to respect her wishes"
15+ hour, 3+ min ago (820+ words) By MAANYA SACHDEVA, ASSOCIATE LIFESTYLE EDITOR Manchester Museum has removed an Egyptian mummy on display for over 200 years to 'respect her wishes'. Curators said they decided to stop showing the 2,700-year-old remains of a woman named Asru in a decision…...
Archaeologists Just Opened a 4,400-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb, and the Colors Are Still There
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (249+ words) In the sands south of Cairo, archaeologists just opened a tomb that has sat untouched for over four thousand years, and what they found inside wasn't just old. It was oddly, almost impossibly, well preserved. A Spanish-Egyptian mission has unearthed…...
Addressing the Prehistoric Egyptian
16+ hour, 3+ min ago (100+ words) NOTE: While reading my first academic book on Ancient Egypt, I felt the urge to write a sort of poem reflecting how I daydream within this realm. Here, this is my …...
What Is Spolia? Roman Reuse at Sardis
23+ hour, 3+ min ago (569+ words) What does spolia mean? At Sardis, archaeologists found a late Roman wall built with pieces of an older temple, alongside other evidence of stones reused in streets and monuments. The post What Is Spolia? How Roman Sardis Reused Its Ancient…...
Why a Manchester museum has removed its last mummy from display
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (827+ words) The mummified body of the woman named Asru has been placed back in its coffin The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian woman has been removed from a museum exhibition after more than 200 years on display as part of efforts…...
Mystery of mummified 'Screaming Woman' solved after 3,000 years, claims expert
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (602+ words) The mysterious ‘Screaming Woman’ was discovered in 1935, but modern CT scans have given researchers new insight The mystery behind why a mummified Egyptian woman has been silently ‘screaming’ for 3,000 years could finally have been solved. The mummified remains of the…...
Horrifying Facts You Need To Know About The Roman Empire
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (725+ words) worldatlas.com The Roman Empire is remembered as one of the greatest civilizations in history. While true, this greatness came at a cost. Like most other formidable powers, there are many horrifying facts about Rome. Whether it's the Roman Republic's…...