From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...
This is what a surgical clinic looked like in ancient Rome
Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...
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A Looted Bronze Statue That May Depict Marcus Aurelius Is Returning to Turkey
The repatriation comes after years of legal disputes over the true identity and provenance of the 6-foot-4 artwork, which has ...
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6th-Century BC Bone Repository Unearthed in Ancient Greek City of Gela, Sicily
Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Gela (Greek: Γέλα), Sicily, have unearthed a well-preserved bone repository ...
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Archaeologists Prove Size Doesn't Matter After Rare Discovery of Small 1,700-Year-Old Roman Statue of Hercules in Florence, Italy
Archaeologists are excited to reveal their fascinating discovery after excavations this past summer unearthed a small, ...
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New Study Reveals That Ancient Romans Had ‘Toy Dogs’ Over 2,000 Years Ago
Wikimedia CommonsArchaeologists discovered that Romans kept a tiny dog breed similar to the modern “toy dogs.” When we think ...
3 Interior Designers Transform The Same Loft Bedroom
We gave interior designers Darren Jett, Noz Nozawa, and Xavier Donnelly a photo of the same empty bedroom for a young professional—and then asked each of them to renovate it in their particular style.