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Scenes showing gladiators and hunters painted on wall of Roman house
4 months agoScenes showing gladiators and hunters painted on the wall of a Roman house. The paintings were probably made by children using charcoal. The discovery was made…
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Roman sculpture showing shepherd
4 months agoRoman sculpture showing a shepherd. The damaged object showed a figure playing a flute. Artifact dating back to the 1st century CE; is located in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek…
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Septimius Severus on Roman sculpture
4 months agoEmperor Septimius Severus (reigned 193-211 CE) on a Roman sculpture. The object was discovered in Turkey and is made of bronze. The artifact is located in Ny Carlsberg…
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Roman portrait of man
4 months agoRoman portrait of a man; the object was probably discovered in Dalmatia and dates back to the mid-1st century BCE. The artifact is located in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek…
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Roman sculpture with broken head showing river deity
4 months agoRoman sculpture with a broken head showing a river deity. The object dates back to the 2nd century CE. The artifact is located in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen…
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Roman sculpture depicting Penelope
4 months agoRoman sculpture depicting Penelope. The object dates back to the 2nd century CE. As we can read under the artifact in the museum, Penelope’s head was part of a…
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New type of amphorae was discovered in Roman shipwreck
4 months agoA new type of amphora was discovered in the wreck of a Roman ship found off the coast of Majorca. The vessel remains are located 65 meters from the shore, near…
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Amor with helmet of Mars
4 months agoSculpture showing Cupid with the helmet of Mars. The object dates back to the 3rd century CE. The artifact is located in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen (Denmark)….
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Oct 20
In 2021, Roman baths in Patara will open to tourists
The remains of the Roman baths in the city of Patara (southern Turkey) will be made available to visitors for viewing next year. They were one of the first thermal baths that were built in the region during the Roman times.
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Sep 20
Act of vandalism in amphitheater in Wales
In late August, there was an act of vandalism on the ruins of the Roman amphitheatre in Caerleon (Wales). Graffiti was discovered on the stone, which is another illegal and punishable destruction of the monument. The police are looking for the perpetrators.
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Jul 20
Tours in Colosseum at night
From July 25 to August 29 in 2020, there will be night tours in Colosseum every Saturday. The tour takes about an hour and starts in the arena. Tourists will see, among others the underground, where gladiators and animals were kept, or the first level of the amphitheatre.
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Jul 20
New graphic: Map of Roman Empire from 117 CE
I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the new proposal of the Roman print: the graphic shows a map of the Roman Empire in 117 CE, at the height of power, during the reign of Emperor Trajan.
