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The Colosseum, Rome
Also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre,it is an oval amphitheatre, and the largest ever built. The arena hosted a variety of ...
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See the Stunning Frescoes of a Mysterious Dionysian Cult Discovered in Ancient Pompeii
Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into ...
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Archaeologist Identifies Ancient Roman Prison In Greece Using Graffiti Carved Into The Floor By Inmates
An archaeologist studying the ancient Roman Forum in Corinth, Greece, just identified one of the buildings within it as a ...
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Mount Vesuvius turned this ancient brain into glass. Here’s how
Transforming the brain tissue to glass would have required an extremely hot and fast-moving ash cloud, lab experiments suggest.
Very rare paintings depicting the god of wine unearthed in Pompeii 2,000 years after city was buried by ash and lava
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 70, officials ...