Roman Forum Found Beneath Barcelona Hotel Rewrites Barcino
Getting your audio player ready… What started as a routine elevator shaft installation in a Barcelona hotel basement has turned into one of the most
Black Gold: Sumerian Bitumen Recipes Worked Like Asphalt, 4,000 Years Ago
Getting your audio player ready… Sumerian craftspeople in Mesopotamia didn’t simply scoop up natural bitumen and slap it on boats or bricks. A new materials
Healing, Purification and Holiness: How Ancient Cultures Used Olive Oil
Getting your audio player ready… Tamara Lewit/The Conversation Today, olive oil is often hailed as helping to protect against disease, but beliefs in its medicinal or
Hidden Signatures Reveal Ancient Rome’s Master Glassmakers
Getting your audio player ready… A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023 has unveiled a centuries-old mystery
4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Tree Trunk Coffin to Make Museum Debut
Getting your audio player ready… A massive 4,000-year-old Bronze Age coffin, carved from a single oak tree and discovered by chance at a Lincolnshire golf
Gems That Represented Ancient Symbols of Wealth and Power
Getting your audio player ready… Throughout history, precious gemstones have gone beyond decoration, serving as powerful symbols of wealth, authority, and divine blessing. Ancient civilizations
Scholars Say Many Beliefs About Vikings Are Based On Medieval Fiction
Getting your audio player ready… Scandinavian studies scholars at the University of Münster have delivered a sobering message to enthusiasts of Viking culture: much of what modern
Roman Occupation Exposed Britons to Disease and Class Divides
Getting your audio player ready… The Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD brought with it dramatic social upheaval that fundamentally altered the health landscape
Renaissance Gallows Unearthed in France With 32 Executed Victims
Getting your audio player ready… Archaeologists working in Grenoble, France, have made a chilling discovery that sheds light on the brutal religious persecution of the 16th
Ancient Astronomical Alignments: Reading and Mapping the Stars at Early Advanced Civilization Sites
Getting your audio player ready… Many of the cuneiform tablets of Mesopotamia and hieroglyphs of Egypt make reference to the sun, stars, or planetary positions.