Ancient Greece's cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought—new research
While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...
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DNA Evidence Is Rewriting the Stories of Victims Who Perished in Pompeii Nearly 2,000 Years Ago
A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in ...
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Site of ancient, key battle in Iraq found by archeologists using spy satellite images
The key features were a deep trench, two fortresses and an ancient river that was reportedly once forded by elephant-mounted Persian troops, said Jaafar Jotheri, a professor of archeology at the ...
20 of the World’s Greatest Lost Cities
Get your Indiana Jones-style fedora ready for a modern-day armchair expedition of places rediscovered after centuries—and ...
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In Your Neighborhood: Getting to know Troy
What we now know as Troy was first settled in the early 1800s by pioneers and immigrants. It has ties to the Wyandot, ...
Pompeii implements new daily visitor limits to combat overtourism
The preserved Roman city of Pompeii will have new visitor limits to combat overtourism and protect the archeological park.
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Busts of Ancient Greek Trojan War Heroes Adorn Village in Turkey
Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their ...
Ancient Pompeii site daily visits limited to 20,000
A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, but an avalanche of tourists has caused officials to ...
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1,700-year-old school in Ancient Egypt features Greek text on the wall
Text on the wall includes quotations from ‘The Odyssey’, which tells a tale of ancient drug use when Helen of Troy gives her ...
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The Day Alexander the Great Visited the Tomb of Achilles
Before battling the mighty Persians, Alexander the Great paid homage at the tomb of the greatest Greek warrior of the Trojan ...
DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...
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To Witness Some Of Ancient Greece's Best-Preserved Ruins, Visit This Underrated Italian Town
Calling all history buffs! Add this underrated town near Naples to your bucket list to see ancient Greek ruins in an ...