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Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Persia, India, China, and Mesoamerica.
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The Invisible People of Rome: How Enslaved Workers Built the Empire’s Everyday Life
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The Last Roman City to Fall
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (438+ words) “On May 29, 1453, the city of Constantinople disappeared.” So writes Anthony Kaldellis in 1453: The Conquest and Tragedy of Constantinople, a riveting, passionate, indignant, eloquent, and—notably—revisionist book of history. Mr. Kaldellis, born in Athens, is a professor at the Department…...
Gladiators Return to Pompeii: Historical Re-enactments 26–27 September 2026 - Pompeii Online
14+ hour, 35+ min ago (1566+ words) On Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2026, visitors to Pompeii will have a special opportunity to experience the ancient city in a very different way, with historical re-enactments, gladiatorial displays, processions, workshops and performances inspired by Roman life. Saturday 26 September will focus…...
All Roads Lead to... Istanbul?
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1,750-year-old Roman altar honors soldier’s safe return home from a dangerous journey | Archaeology News Online Magazine
8+ hour, 49+ min ago (405+ words) A Roman altar dedicated to the goddess of safe homecoming will go on display in Bishop Auckland this autumn. Archaeologists found the altar in 2023 during excavations at Binchester Roman Fort in County Durham. The stone dates to around CE 275. A…...
Not all roads lead to Rome, it turns out
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (169+ words) A new study published in Nature Communications challenges one of history’s most famous sayings: “All roads lead to Rome.” Axar.az reports that researchers mapped and analysed nearly 300,000 kilometres of Roman roads across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....
Mount Olympus has big news, just as 'The Odyssey' revived interest in Greek mythology
1+ day, 25+ min ago (1071+ words) Greek mythology is having quite the summer. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey brought Homer's ancient epic to the big screen (and IMAX theaters, if you really want to watch it right), and now one of the most legendary places in Greek…...