A Man Spent 6 Years Searching the Same Farm—and Finally Discovered a 1,900-Year-Old Roman Treasure
A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The ...
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Who Was Flavius Josephus? The Problematic Chronicler of the Jewish War
Flavius Josephus was a Jewish aristocrat who was initially a general in the Jewish rebellion of 66-71 CE, but soon ...
Greek Reporter21h
Menander, the Ancient Greek King of India
Long ago in ancient India reigned a Greek king named Menander I Soter, a great conqueror and benefactor of Buddhism ...
Greek Reporter2d
Bactria: The Ancient Greek State in Afghanistan
Bactria, a huge area in todays' Afghanistan, was the eastern edge of the ancient Greek empire, established by Alexander the ...
Archaeology breakthrough as 'mysterious' 2,200-year-old pyramid unearthed in desert 'changes historical record'
The pyramid was believed to have dated back to the First Temple period (1,000 BC to 586 BC), but it was found to contain a ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
A Gladiator’s Marble-Etched Epitaph Is Found in an Ancient Roman Necropolis
The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.
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A 2,200-Year-Old Pyramid Structure Full Of Coins And Weapons Was Found By The Dead Sea, But Archaeologists Don't Know What Its Purpose Was
In the Judaean Desert near the Dead Sea, a mysterious pyramid structure and way station were uncovered. The excavation site […] ...