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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 been housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art ...
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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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 ...
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Why the Roman City of Pompeii in Italy Still Haunts and Fascinates Us
The suddenness of Mount Vesuvius's eruption, has given us an incomparable look into Roman life 2,000 years ago.
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 ...