5+ hour, 56+ 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…...

10+ hour, 20+ 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…...

13+ hour, 11+ 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…...

10+ hour, 42+ 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…...

14+ hour, 11+ 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 …...

21+ hour, 11+ 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…...

1+ day, 23+ min 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…...

2+ day, 3+ 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…...

2+ day, 5+ 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…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (779+ words) SUNDERLAND — Lights, camera, corn! Warner Farm is changing the channel for this year’s Mike’s Maze, with a design that looks back on 100 years of television. The maze is set to premiere on Friday, Sept. 11. “Every year we struggle and agonize…...