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This 2,000-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Was Just Unearthed In Central London
For decades, residents of busy central London who were crossing the London Bridge or heading to their offices at The Shard ...
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A Massive Roman Mosaic Was Just Uncovered By A Farmer In Eastern Türkiye
Turkish farmer Mehmet Emin Sualp was recently preparing to plant trees on his land when he noticed a layer of tiles buried in ...
10 stunning UNESCO World Heritage sites that were immortalized on screen
From the "Tomb Raider Temple" to Dune's alien landscapes, these iconic destinations captured the attention of early ...
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The New Ceramicists: 8 Artists Pushing the Boundaries of an Ancient Medium
For much of human history, the ancient medium of ceramics may ... that drew on the history of tile, calling on precursors from Rome, Spain, Turkey, the Netherlands, and more.
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
With Ancient Arches, the Old is New Again
The Mapungubwe National Park Interpretive Center in South Africa is John ... the construction of ancient Roman buildings, such as a 33-acre public bathhouse in central Rome that still stands ...
The Independent2mon
What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs
As someone who’s spent years researching the economy of Ancient Rome, it all feels a shade familiar. In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments ...
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This ancient amphitheatre near Rome doesn’t know if it’s a football pitch or a tourist attraction
The Rome Colosseum, Verona’s impressive arena – everyone knows Italy’s beloved ancient Roman amphitheatres, synonymous with drama and pomp: gladiator conflicts, bloody spectacles and ...
Wall Street Journal3mon
Ancient Rome Was So Polluted With Lead That IQs Dropped
Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs ...
The New York Times5mon
The Timeless Spell of Rome’s Oldest Churches
Children were playing badminton, oblivious of the ancient ... Africa. We found Pho Viet to be a good choice for light Vietnamese fare. Georgina Masson, the author of “The Companion Guide to Rome ...
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Who was the real Macrinus, Rome’s North African emperor?
His meteoric rise showcases the diversity of the ancient Roman world ... prosperous cities in Roman Africa, such as Alexandria and Leptis Magna. Thanks to Rome’s conquest of places like ...
The New Yorker6mon
The Modern-Day Fight for Ancient Rome
Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. Artists owe a great debt to ancient Rome. Over the years, it’s provided a backdrop for countless ...
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Where Was ‘Gladiator II’ Filmed?
“Gladiator II” is set in Ancient Rome and North Africa, but where was the Ridley ... put geometric motifs onto the all the doors and added ceramic tiles that had Numidian characteristics.