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Strabo: The Ancient Greek Geographer Who Mapped the World
Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...
Ancient herald school in Roman Forum opens to public after major restoration
Ancient Roman herald school opens to public after major restoration Hawaiian volcano erupts like a scene from Lord of the ...
The ancient discovery that put a Silk Road city back on the map
After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...
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Marinus of Tyre, the First Geographer to Include China in Roman Maps and Invent the Term “Antarctic”
The ancient port of the city of Tyre submerged off the ... He was the first to include China in Roman maps and to divide the world into time zones, a visionary idea that anticipated concepts that are ...
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How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed ... day his history teacher showed pupils a map of Alexander’s travels. “My jaw fell open, hit the desk, and I went home and said, ‘I want to ...
New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome
New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome - Visitors can walk over the map in the museum in ...
Greek Reporter13d
The Emergence of Pants in Ancient Rome: From Ban to Commonplace Couture
The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.
Earth’s magnetic field triggers a superpower in sea turtles that makes them ‘dance’
This week, see what makes loggerhead sea turtles “dance,” track a cosmic “ghost particle,” uncover an ancient basilica, and ...
‘Extraordinary’ Roman Basilica uncovered in heart of the City
The Museum of London described the discovery as one of the most historically significant pieces of Roman history ever ...
11,000-year-old indigenous site — one of oldest on continent — found in Canada. See it
What are we learning about the past? Here are three of our most recent eye-catching archaeology stories.
The era when Indian civilisation held sway over the world
How Ancient India Transformed the World', highlights India’s often-forgotten role as an economic and civilisational hub ...
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James Romm: The World according to Strabo
The era in which Strabo lived, the saddle between the first centuries bc and ad, was highly receptive to kolossourgiai. The ...