Investigators say they have figured out how bronze statues from a shrine built 2,000 years ago in Asia Minor to venerate the emperors of Rome ended up in museums around the world.
Tag: Roman Civilization
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Scrolls That Survived Vesuvius Divulge Their First Word
Experts hope that the techniques used to retrieve hidden text on delicate papyrus could lead to the recovery of lost classic works.
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America Is an Empire in Decline. That Doesn’t Mean It Has to Fall.
The Roman Empire is both an illuminating precedent and a cautionary tale.
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Nero’s Theater Believed to Be Found in Rome
A dig at a palace set to become a hotel has unearthed traces of a theater that archaeologists hypothesize was built by Nero, the emperor with a disputed reputation for tyranny and debauchery.
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Scalpel, Forceps, Bone Drill: Modern Medicine in Ancient Rome
A 2,000-year-old collection of medical tools, recently unearthed in Hungary, offer insight into the practices of undaunted, much-maligned Roman doctors.