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A Roman beach destroyed by Mount Vesuvius is open to the public for the first time
NPR· 3 hours agoIts location on Italy's west coast and mild climate made it a popular resort town for Rome's patrician families...Researchers now believe that they died from the heat as they waited in vain ...
See ‘Julius Caesar’ in Rock Island park
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoGenesius Guild will next present William Shakespeare’s history and tragedy “Julius Caesar,” this weekend at Lincoln Park, 1120 40th St., Rock Island. The...
Student finds six Roman pots during community dig
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe bowl was was stamped with a mark which revealed its maker was called Dexter, who was working in central France at the time. Samian ware is the name given to the red-gloss Roman& ...
What The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World Would Look Like Today
MSN News· 4 days agoFrom the lighthouse at Alexandria to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, here we take a look at what the...
Great Chishill Celtic fertility figure 'Nobby' sells for £3k
BBC News· 1 day agoA 1st Century BC bronze Celtic "fertility figure" with oversized genitals has sold for £3,000, twice...
Archaeologists stumped after discovering bizarre Ancient Roman object
Daily Express· 1 day agoThe alignment of the strange site matches with sunrise on the summer solstice, which indicates that...
Ancient Chinese gown on display for first time
China Daily· 9 hours agoThe simple unlined gauze gown with its curved hem and weighing just 48 grams is on display as part of an exhibition titled She Walks in Beauty: Women of the Han Dynasty and the Roman ...
Professing Faith: A closer look at the Book of the Dead
Redlands Daily Facts· 23 hours agoThis information is in a curious scroll known today as the Egyptian Book of the Dead, but is more...
Incredible breakthrough in Spain as Iberian and Roman discoveries made
Daily Express· 6 days agoFor several centuries after, it supplied stone and masonry to new buildings in Elche and nearby...
When Horses Flew: Pegasus on Ancient Coins
Coinweek· 4 days agoBy Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... THE DREAM OF flight has always held a powerful grip on the human imagination. Pegasus, the flying horse of Greek
