The 1748 Nolli Map of Rome is the best map of any city ever for three reasons: accuracy, detail, and influence. I’m not going ...

Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but ...

Rome wasn’t built in a day, so why you think you can build a new Rome in under two hours? Nova Roma is a new, fairly heavy ...

Rich in Roman history, fine dining and therapeutic thermal waters, Bormio is backed by world-class ski slopes that will play ...

The obscene graffiti directed against Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II then is part of a long tradition of political ...

An ancient Roman road has been unearthed directly beneath modern-day London's Old Kent Road. It would have been used by ...

Archeologists Map a Buried Roman City in Italy With Radars, Without Digging Any Soil at All One of the biggest issues archeologists face during site exploration is the potential damage, techniques ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

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Dating to approximately 750-850 CE, Valeriana’s population density ranks second only to the ancient city of Calakmul among ... detailed three-dimensional maps of ancient settlements Analyze ...

A virtual tour guide named Julia, commissioned by the city of Rome ... enjoy the wonders of ancient Roman engineering and architecture amidst umbrella pines and meadows, but without the crowds.