Cleopatra VII is not only a famous person in history, she is also the icon of a rich and powerful culture.
Cleopatra VII is not only a famous person in history, she is also the icon of a rich and powerful culture. She was usually depicted as a…
Oldest cheese found in Egypt with a curse ?
The oldest cheese in the world has been found by archaeologists and it comes with its own sort of pharaoh’s curse.The tomb of Ptahmes, Egyptian mayor of…
Mussolini’s wartime bunker opens to the public in Rome
June, 1940. Italy enters World War II, and Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini promptly sets about constructing air raid shelters for himself at Villa Torlonia, his grand Rome residence since 1929. In total, the fascists build three underground …
‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more . CNN — It’s late summer 2,850 years ago. A fire engulfs a stilt village perched above …
1,800-year-old Roman statue discovered in parking lot
A Roman statue dating back almost 2,000 years has been discovered by construction workers building a parking lot in the United Kingdom. Digger driver Greg Crawley uncovered the marble head of a Roman lady at 16th century country estate …
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
Monumental statues exist all across the United States, standing as emblems of historical events and people, or inviting us to contemplate their surroundings in some new way. Some of these public artworks have become such significant …
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
Averroes was an Andalusian polymath whose legacy of works has deeply influenced Western thought. Most known for his Aristotelian commentaries, Averroes came to be referred to as ‘The Commentator’ and as the ‘Father of Rationalism’ in …
Ancient Egypt’s Ptolemaic Dynasty
Alexander the Great conquered Persian-controlled Egypt in 332 during his campaigns against the Achaemenid Empire. Upon his death in 323 BCE, Alexander’s territories were split up among his closest companions, the Diadochi . One of his …
Thonis Heracleion, the Lost Egyptian City, Emerges After a Thousand-Year Immersion
Th𝚎 cit𝚢 𝚘𝚏 H𝚎𝚛𝚊cl𝚎i𝚘n w𝚊s sw𝚊ll𝚘w𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 th𝚎 M𝚎𝚍it𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊n𝚎𝚊n S𝚎𝚊 𝚘𝚏𝚏 th𝚎 c𝚘𝚊st 𝚘𝚏 E𝚐𝚢𝚙t n𝚎𝚊𝚛l𝚢 1,200 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛s 𝚊𝚐𝚘. It w𝚊s 𝚘n𝚎 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 m𝚘st im𝚙𝚘𝚛t𝚊nt t𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 c𝚎nt𝚎𝚛s in th𝚎 M𝚎𝚍it𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊n𝚎𝚊n 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 it s𝚊nk m𝚘𝚛𝚎 th𝚊n 𝚊 mill𝚎nni𝚞m 𝚊𝚐𝚘. F𝚘𝚛 c𝚎nt𝚞𝚛i𝚎s, …
Researchers find an 8-million-year-old, 10-ton, elephant-like fossil in Macedonia that may have lived for 50 years
Palaeontologists from Bulgaria and Macedonia are excavating the fossilised remains of a prehistoric elephant-like creature believed to pre-date the mammoth, after its bones were discovered accidentally by a man working in a field. Scientists …