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Cache Of 1,800-Year-Old Roman Coins Found By A Metal Detectorist Beneath A Farmer’s Field In England
"Something told me to go to that field. I wasn't expecting much, but then it just snowballed." English contractor David Dunn ...
Talk about striking gold! Bathroom fitter discovers 50 Roman coins in a field in Leicestershire - and they could be worth £1,500
A hoard of 50 Roman coins discovered by an amateur metal detectorist buried in a farmer's field in a 'once in a lifetime find ...
Bathroom fitter finds Roman coins in field that could be worth £1,500
A hoard of 50 Roman coins discovered by an amateur metal detectorist buried in a farmer's field in a 'once in a lifetime find ...
L'Italo-Americano Newspaper51m
From census to citizenship: how the Romans proved who they were
The Roman Empire brought together millions of people of different cultures, ethnicities and religions. But how did its ...
Herculaneum scrolls breakthrough: Scientists digitally "unroll" 2,000-year-old scroll scorched by Mount Vesuvius
Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...
New Scientist on MSN4h
Volcano-scorched Roman scroll is read for the first time in 2000 years
A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...
L'Italo-Americano Newspaper41m
Firefighters: an “invention” of ancient Rome
The Vigiles were Rome’s own firefighters, in charge of reducing fire hazards in the city, as well as street crime.
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
UK scientists have announced what they term a “historic breakthrough,” after the first image of the inside of a scroll ...
National Geographic news12h
Rome's Ancient Catacombs
A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...
Harvard Medical School8h
Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European Language Family
Ancient-DNA analyses identify a Caucasus Lower Volga people as the ancient originators of Proto-Indo-European, the precursor ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN22h
A Five-Pound Hunk of the World’s Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero’s Palace
The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...