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A 1,600-year-old mosaic from a Byzantine monastery is now on public display in Israel’s Negev, revealing ancient life through artwork.
Step back in time and explore the fascinating world of primitive clay pottery making with this detailed look at Roman-style prehistoric earthenware art. In this video, a skilled potter demonstrates ...
Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and museums, and sidewalk cafes overburdened with diners. In this episode, we’d like ...
A new study reveals how ancient Chinese farmers managed soil fertility and water resources over thousands of years. By ...
The method of loci, also called the journey method, memory palace, or "mind palace" (as popularised by Sherlock Holmes), ...
Rye products, such as black bread or pumpernickel, are not only considered as being typically German. They are also often ...
but Rome's archaeology reveals that local tribes established the ancient kingdom. A mosaic on the floor of Vittorio Emanuele Gallery is one of many examples of the art inspired by the legend of ...
Ankara’s Roman Baths, the Ankara Castle, the Roman Temple of Augustus, the Haci Bayram Mosque, and the Kocatepe Mosque, which is the largest in the entire city are only just a few of the many stunning ...
More than 800 kilometres long, the Via Appia is the oldest and most important of the great roads built by the Ancient Romans ... the Church of Rome relied on it to spread Christianity by reviving ...
Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman settlement in the United Kingdom found an oven used for making construction materials, photos show. Photo from Cotswold Archaeology Sifting through the ...
The museums you should visit in the UK, from contemporary art galleries to local history exhibitions - There are around 1,800 ...
The pair, possibly husband and wife, stand within a niche on the boundary wall of a monumental ancient tomb ... of the cult of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility.