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Discover the 14,000 Ancient Roman Artifacts Just Donated to the London Museum
Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip ...
Miami Herald on MSN9d
What did ancient Roman artists use to paint Pompeii? New study offers a glimpse
Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
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What did ancient Roman artists use to paint Pompeii? New study offers a glimpse
Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii The ruins ... But what materials did ancient Roman artists use to create these masterpieces? That question, and the roughly 200 pots of unused paints ...
Miami Herald22d
‘Rare’ ancient Roman item found buried under 1,800-year-old fence in Scotland. See it
Archaeologists found the ruins of an Iron Age settlement with a “rare” ancient Roman brooch buried underneath, possibly as an offering. Photo from GUARD Archaeology Sifting through the dark ...
Greek Reporter7d
New Discovery in Egypt Unveils Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman Graves and Artifacts
An ancient military tomb and graves from the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman periods have been discovered at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, ...
Smithsonian Magazine8d
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology ... While reading ancient Greco-Roman texts, Brøns noticed a handful of references to sweet ...
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Jewish ritual bath discovered near Rome is the 'oldest discovery of its kind in the world'
Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city ... different peoples who found unity in Roman civilization." The oldest archaeological examples of mikva'ot date back to ...
The Independent22d
Archaeological excavation at Italian town rewrites timeline of Rome’s collapse
The findings upend previous notions that the city was an ancient Roman ... found during recent archaeological excavation was evidence of its “dense occupation” during Roman times.
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Discovery of ritual bath sheds light on Jewish life in ancient Rome
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The ruins of an ...
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Ancient Greek Statues Smelled of Perfume
DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers ... She also cited archaeological evidence from the sanctuary of Delos ...