Roman London’s first basilica found under an office block – here’s what it reveals about the ancient city
Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered a well-preserved part of the ancient city of London’s first Roman ...
Hidden for Half a Century, Ancient Roman Treasures Return to the Spotlight
Inside the super-private Torlonia Collection of ancient marbles, and the strategy to clean them up and bring them back into ...
New Scientist1d
Pompeii’s streets show how the city adapted to Roman rule
Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the ...
A short history of the separation of powers: from Cicero’s Rome to Trump’s America
But it was the Romans who developed a working model of checks and balances. The constitution of the Roman republic was ...
Daily Galaxy on MSN3d
We Finally Know the Mystery Behind Rome’s Millennia-Old Concrete Durability
The Pantheon in Rome has stood for nearly 2,000 years, boasting the largest unreinforced concrete dome on Earth. Many other Roman structures, from aqueducts to seawalls, have endured wars, earthquakes ...
Greek Reporter4d
Country Life Was Better than City Life In the Roman Empire
A bioarchaeological investigation has revealed that the quality of life in the countryside was better than city life in the ...
Greek Reporter5d
Strabo: The Ancient Greek Geographer Who Mapped the World
Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...
In a 1st, 140 Indian artisans weave history for Vatican Library show
For centuries, the Vatican Library has been a vault of historical records, housing some of the world's most treasured texts, ...
Sydney Morning Herald15d
The world’s smallest nation has some astonishing sights
Travellers will surely love the Gallery of Maps, a 120-metre showcase of imaginative 16th-century cartography in fabulous ... Its terrace has fabulous views over Rome. Pope Francis delivers ...
All That's Interesting on MSN15d
A Roman Dagger Found On A Swiss Hillside Just Helped Archaeologists Map An Ancient Battlefield
After an amateur archaeologist found a Roman dagger in the hills of Switzerland in 2019, experts flocked to the site to carry out a large-scale excavation. In the years since, they've found thousands ...
The world’s smallest nation has some astonishing sights
An outsized history as the seat of the Catholic Church brings with it an incredible collection of art and architecture.
UCL21d
Ancient Languages BA
This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...