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One simple twist revealed a 1,500-year-old secret in Roman glass

In a quiet gallery, a single turn of a Roman glass cup has rewritten what historians thought they knew about one of antiquity’s most dazzling crafts. Hidden for roughly 1,500 years in plain sight, a ...
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When Democracy's Symbols Get Hijacked: How the Far Right Co-Opted Classical Imagery

For generations, Americans have surrounded themselves with the symbols of ancient Greece and Rome: marble columns, laurel wreaths, Roman eagles, and the fasces. These icons, carved into our government ...

At Rome’s New Stations, Peruse Ancient Relics While Catching a Train

Part station, part museum, two new subway stops in Rome offer riders the chance to see ancient artifacts unearthed in digging ...
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Ancient Roman figurine — a symbol of love — discovered among artifacts in UK. See it

When you plunge a shovel into the ground in the United Kingdom, there is a chance you will uncover a bit of ancient history. And when you’re completing a 3-mile-long highway extension project in the ...
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Commentary: When democracy’s symbols get hijacked — How the far right co-opted classical imagery

For generations, Americans have surrounded themselves with the symbols of ancient Greece and Rome: marble columns, laurel wreaths, Roman eagles and the fasces. These icons, carved into our government ...