Search results
When did Rome fall?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMany historians consider the fall of the Western Roman Empire to have been when the emperor Romulus Augustulus abdicated, but not all historians agree.
Rare ancient gold coin found in Norway — over 1,600 miles from its origin
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe gold coin was likely minted in the Byzantine Empire at some point between 977 and 1025 C.E.,...
Review: A small but strong display of ancient agitprop from Persia comes to the Getty Villa
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPropaganda is not what it used to be. These days, a crummy movie like “2000 Mules,” a big cinematic...
'Africa & Byzantium' at Cleveland Museum of Art examines 'understudied' subject
The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 12—It doesn't sound as if they had to give her the hard sell. "This was a co-organization between ourselves and our colleagues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (in New York City)," says ...
‘The End of Everything’ Review: When War Means Total Destruction
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoBOOKSHELF There is no modern world. Despite technology, human nature remains the same. Indeed, the...
Meet Kirill, Putin's personal patriarch
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPutin and Kirill. Illustrated | Getty Images, iStock Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church has been a stalwart champion of the war in Ukraine....
Russia's Crimea Disconnect
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn 7 October, an explosion destroyed some of the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea. It is a new construction. When Russia invaded Ukraine the...