One of the most famous objects in the British Museum is a bronze head of the Roman emperor Augustus that exudes charisma, ...
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Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals of the ancient world. By the age of 32 he had conquered a massive empire that stretched from the Balkans to modern-day Pakistan. We know about ...
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Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … ...
When the sun hits the Roman columns of Évora and warms the stone circles of Almendres, Portugal learns its most ancient secrets. Who would have thought it? This land, shaped by the peoples of the ...
Archaeologists have uncovered 2000-year-old gold and silver coins in Netherlands, marking the largest Roman-era discovery in ...
Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...
Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ancient Roman artifact that has revealed previously unknown places lost to time. The ...