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A Looted Bronze Statue That May Depict Marcus Aurelius Is Returning to Turkey
The repatriation comes after years of legal disputes over the true identity and provenance of the 6-foot-4 artwork, which has ...
This is what a surgical clinic looked like in ancient Rome
Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...
Archaeologists Just Uncovered a Rare Roman Helmet That May Indicate a Mysterious Ritual
Fragments of a rare Roman-era helmet were discovered alongside nearly 200 weapons, all buried in the foundations of two homes in Denmark. The first-of-its-kind find outside the borders of the Roman ...
From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...
Could AI understand Nietzsche? Maybe with the help of these scholars.
If you’re confused by a turn of phrase in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” or a startling metaphor in Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” just ask the book to explain itself, and it will.