"The parties took place in the summer here in the courtyard. The cups were simply thrown away. That's equivalent to paper cups today." - Holger Rode, head archa...
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Last time, on Battles That Made History, we talked about the famous Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was the most important battle of t...
“Work in the agora is very important. It covers an area of 35,000 square meters. There is 10.8-meter columned gallery here that we call the portico. We have rev...
Kenneth Branagh as Macbeth in his adaption of Shakespeare's Macbeth Macbeth - the famed "Scottish Play" - is one of Shakespeare's most popular tragedies. More ...
"No other site in the Aegean period has such a range of imports," - Antonis Kotsonas, assistant professor of classics at University of Cincinnati.
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Today, we have thousands of breakfast options available on our grocery store shelves. There's a million brands of breakfast cereal, gra...
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In case anyone needed more proof that history isn't just a boring list of dates and names, one story has us in stitches: Mexican general ...
“Nothing is safe from Roman pride and arrogance. They will deface the sacred and will deflower our virgins. Win the battle or perish, that is what I, a woman, w...
Cave of the Skulls, Judean Desert, Israel. DEAD SEA, ISRAEL - In a surprising turn of events, new fragments of text have been discovered in the Cave ...
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SANTIAGO, CHILE - Researchers are using modern medical technology to reconstruct the likeness and understand the genetic code of people t...
Elizabeth Lundin is a Portland-based freelance writer and blogger who enjoys writing about history almost as much as she enjoys reading it: which is quite a lot.
