Small, hard, and burnt, it didn’t look like anything of importance at first. But it actually turned out to be a 2,000-year-old fig — and compelling evidence of how Roman culture made its way into ...
There’s also a lavishly appointed spa complex inspired by the ancient Roman Baths of ... the Fellini movie that put this Roman street on the global map in the 1960s. It’s one of the most ...
The chapters cover extremity prostheses, facial prostheses, prosthetic hair, the design, commission and manufacture of prostheses and assistive technology, and the role of care-givers in the lives of ...
On the coast of the Irish Sea, the headland of Drumanagh once served as a trading post two millennia ago. The Irish fort connected the island nation to England and northern Europe where the Roman ...
His meteoric rise showcases the diversity of the ancient Roman world––and how ethnicity or place of birth weren’t barriers to power. In A.D. 165, Macrinus was born in Caesarea, a seaside ...
Located under the Appian Way, an ancient Roman road connecting the city to southeast Italy, the Catacomb of St. Callixtus once held the bodies of more than 50 martyrs, including St. Cecilia ...
Bing Maps is now all set to compete with Google Maps as it now has Street-side view, aerial imageries and 3D imagery for over 100 cities. A new and large update of Bing Maps was announced ...
Night - Clear. Winds NE at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 35 °F (1.7 °C). Sunny with a high of 60 °F (15.6 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). Sunny today ...
Not yet available for streaming. From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death ...
Later acquisitions came increasingly from well-documented archaeological excavations. The civilisation of ancient Egypt arose in the fourth millennium BC and only waned in the first four centuries AD, ...
The sistrum was one of the most sacred musical instruments in ancient Egypt and was believed to hold powerful magical properties. It was used in the worship of the goddess Hathor, mythological... The ...