On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two ...
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Archaeologists In Sicily Just Unearthed A Plaster Mold Used To Make Medusa Masks 2,000 Years Ago
Archaeologists in Licata, Sicily were recently exploring the remains of the ancient Greek colony Finziade when they came ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Roman Mask Mold Depicting Medusa, Say It Was Used as a Protective Charm
Archaeologists Uncover Roman Mask Mold Depicting Medusa, Say It Was Used as a Protective Charm The archaeological site of ...
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1st Century BCE Medusa Mask Mold Reveals Insights into Roman Sicily’s Cultural and Economic Practices
Archaeologists in Finziade, Sicily, have uncovered a 1st century BCE mold used to create masks of Medusa, shedding light on ...
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History of Ibiza and Formentera
They led a largely peaceful co-existence, the Greeks focusing on the eastern and central Mediterranean and the Carthaginians - also known as the Punic people - seeking ... of a dynamic new power: Rome ...
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Ancient Roman helmet turns up in unusual location: 'Exceptionally rare'
Archaeologists recently found an ancient Roman helmet in an unusual location ... "The manner in which the war equipment was buried suggests it was an offering to higher powers," the release ...
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On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
Carthage, Tunisia (WHTM) In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two major powers in the Mediterranean Sea area ...
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix: The Roman Dictator Who Destroyed Athens
Sulla's ruthless campaigns in Greece, including the devastating siege of Athens, marked a turning point in Roman history.
Ancient cannibal tribe celebrated battle victory — by eating enemies’ brains
These particular corpses had been “intensively manipulated” to extract all tissues and make use of “their caloric ...
First words decoded from burnt scrolls that haven’t been read in nearly 2,000 years
This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...
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Rome's Ancient Catacombs
A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...