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The enemy within: How ancient armies handled waste on the march
It is unlikely that armies have fared any better throughout history without proper sanitation and waste management. Consider, ...
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Archaeologists Just Found The First Evidence Proving That Roman Gladiators Fought Lions
Though dramatic images of ancient Roman gladiators fighting great beasts like lions and tigers have appeared in books and ...
Greek Reporter1d
When Was Rome Really Founded?
BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome. What does archaeology reveal about when it was really founded?
Popular Mechanics21d
A Construction Crew Was Renovating a Soccer Field—and Found the Bodies of 150 Ancient Roman Soldiers
leading to this being one of the most significant Roman war discoveries in Central Europe. “The creation of a mass grave without cremation of the dead suggests a large number of casualties in ...
Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis
The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...
The New York Times29d
The Roman Empire Loved by Elon Musk and Steve Bannon Never Existed
Years of secularization, cultural war and national shame ... Because they reflected instead the ethos of Roman culture and politics. Ancient thought had a tendency to view history as a story ...
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Archaeologists uncover mass grave dating back to the ancient Roman Empire
VIENNA, Austria (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of over 100 Roman soldiers dating back to the ancient empire while renovating a sports field. Officials with the Wien ...
NPR13d
Syria hopes tourists will return to Palmyra, a World Heritage Site ravaged by war
During the civil war, looting of archaeological ... glass cases hold tantalizing glimpses of the wealth of ancient Palmyra. They include delicate Roman glass containers for eyeliner and brightly ...