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Archaeologists Prove Size Doesn't Matter After Rare Discovery of Small 1,700-Year-Old Roman Statue of Hercules in Florence, Italy
Archaeologists are excited to reveal their fascinating discovery after excavations this past summer unearthed a small, ...
Fit for a pontiff: Inside the Roman hospital caring for Pope Francis
Built on land donated by Pope Pius XI to the theologian and physician Agostino Gemelli in 1934, it has become known as the ...
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 ...
London’s Roman ruins are increasingly accessible – here’s where to see them
Over the last 80 years we have rediscovered Roman London in the city’s basements and sewers At some point in the 400s, a Saxon wandering in Roman Londinium’s ruins dropped his brooch on top of the ...
UK court refuses to say financier acted in ‘good faith’ in Vatican deal but says he wasn’t dishonest
A British court has largely backed the Vatican and refused to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in ...
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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.