Made from limestone and measuring about 55 feet in length, it is believed to be the tomb of an ancient hero, according to a ...
The tomb and its personal artifacts are some of the first true pieces of evidence of an early Roman presence in the area. The ...
The term “Eternal City” has been linked to Rome for over 2,000 years. It has been praised by many poets, writers, and historians. This nickname shows Rome’s deep cultural, historical, and spiritual ...
The semicircular room stretched about 100 feet across and originally stood several stories tall with elaborate decorations.
The renovated Kestros Fountain is a unique monument of the ancient city of Pergis in Antalya, Turkey. Credit: Seynaeve, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons The central fountain of the ancient Greek ...
Its fossilised anatomy offered evidence of early human upright walking – and 50 years later, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia that would become a hotspot for ancient human discovery ...
Clay objects roughly the size of fingers were discovered during a dig at the ancient city of Umm el-Marra. The engraved symbols may be part of the earliest known alphabet. Credit: Glenn Schwartz ...
A look through hundreds of previous studies – on everything from modern human anatomy and physiology to measures of the isotopes inside ancient human bones and teeth – suggests we were primarily apex ...