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Could Hesban be a forgotten city of the Decapolis? | Jordan Times
The town of Hesban hosted on Thursday the Hesban Heritage Festival at the Princess Basma Centre, bringing together local associations, international scholars, and community members for a series of ...
Denmark Let Amateurs Dig for Treasure—And It Paid Off
Ole Ginnerup Schytz, an engineer in Denmark’s sleepy Vindelev agricultural area, had used a metal detector only a handful of ...
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Denmark’s Radical Archaeology Experiment Is Paying Off in Gold and Knowledge
The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing ...
‘Peacock’-colored creature — sold into pet trade — is new species from Indonesia
The species is already available in the pet trade under the common name, the peacock crayfish. The scientific name, however, honors the partnership between the crayfish community in Indonesia and the ...
DPA International on MSN5d
The road to wealth? Why formerly Roman-populated areas remain richer
Formerly Roman-populated areas of Germany still tend to be wealthier than areas where they did not settle, in part thanks to ...
If WWE won’t pay Roman Reigns what he’s worth, Tony Khan should
If WWE is unwilling to meet Roman Reigns’ value, AEW’s Tony Khan could seize the moment, reshaping the wrestling landscape in ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
Bite Marks on Ancient Skeleton Reveal First Physical Evidence of Roman Gladiators Fighting Lions
She tells the New York Times’ Kate Golembiewski that the lion bite marks reveal the prominent role state violence played in Roman culture ... out that a big cat was present,” he adds.
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Skeletons of the Roman Empire Are Found Under a Vienna Soccer Field
By Eve Sampson Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire ... as well as the present,” he ...
Today4mon
Ryan Reynolds jokes that he, like many men, has the Roman Empire on his mind
The chariot races and gladiator fights of the Roman Empire haven’t, apparently, been totally lost to the ages. A new TikTok trend ... “How many times, like a week, or just how many times ...
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Past Rhymes With Present Times: Democracies, Memory and Public Action
“Past Rhymes With Present Times” is a new series by Lloyd S ... gave way to the empire of Alexander the Great; the ancient Roman Republic’s senate-based government gave way to the Caesars ...
Seattle Times4mon
‘Awkward gesture’? ‘Roman salute’? In Germany, its meaning is clear
Some commentators called it a “Roman salute ... The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington ...
Smithsonian Magazine9mon
The Roman Siege of Masada May Have Lasted Weeks, Not Years
For many years, historians’ understanding of the Roman ... Times of Israel’s Gavriel Fiske. “The data is very clear. We are talking about a very short period to build the siege system ...