New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome
New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome - Visitors can walk over the map in the museum in ...
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Ancient Rome's "Atlantis" Was An Exclusive Place Where Rich & Famous Romans Vacationed Before Sinking Beneath The Sea
The Monte Carlo of Ancient Rome was a resort city where emperors and other elites could indulge their wild side amid affairs ...
Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material. See it
The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.
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A huge marble head of a monumental statue from the Ptolemaic period, found in a medieval house at Taposiris Magna
Intriguingly, the artifact was found amid the ruins of a 7th-century A.D. house, raising questions about its journey across centuries to this unusual location. The huge marble head ... center during ...
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A War Diary Soars Over Rome
All around are ruins—empty pedestals ... bearded Dacian warriors, a proud marble army in the very heart of Rome. The message seems intended for Romans, not the surviving Dacians, most of ...
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Piecing Together a Plan of Ancient Rome
The Marble Plan was originally on display ... because it is our only source for the urban fabric of Rome,” she says. “Standing ruins of major monuments and keyhole excavations throughout ...
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Rome: Back to Marble, Almost
This week TENNIS.com will be featuring one of our blog regulars, Asad Raza, who is in Rome for the men's Italian ... The trouble is that the marble has been covered with cushions, and the famous ...