Ancient Rome maintains a grip on pop culture, from Hollywood blockbusters to video games. Since its establishment in 31 B.C., the Roman Empire exerted its influence throughout the Mediterranean and ...

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Despite its nearly 1,000-year history, Oxford in many way feels like a product of our time. You can still enroll at the English university. You can still attend Merton College. The Aztec civilization ...

A recent AI-generated video showing giants building the pyramids has revived questions around the myths and science behind ...

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“Europe certainly originated in the Mediterranean Basin, and Greece invented the Olympic Games.” “So, I thought,” he continued, “it would be a good idea to find an ancient Greek artifact, depicting a ...

Did you think Junior's in New York City invented cheesecake? Think again, because this classic dessert goes way back to the ...

Eventually, nine muses were identified, covering every branch of the arts, in the ancient Greek poet Hesiod’s introduction to Theogony, his epic poem about mythical stories and characters (circa ...

An ancient slab of seafloor that was around when ... “Our findings help link the plate tectonic history of the past 250 million years to present-day mantle structures,” Wang says, “providing ...

The navy blue warmup jacket with “USA” stitched in large red letters and the two freshly minted gold medals she carried back from the Paris Olympics clearly identified Jennifer Valente. America’s most ...

Q Shelter policy and strategic engagement manager Jackson Hills said previous Olympics had led to rent hikes and worsened homelessness. "We are worried that history could repeat itself ...