Looted Etruscan Artwork Recovered from Amateurish Tomb Raiders
Italian Police have announced the recovery of looted artifacts stolen from a necropolis in Italy,...
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Tiny House Found in Ancient Pompeii Has Erotica All Over the Walls
Pompeii, famously destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, is treasure trove due...
The Cadaver Synod, when a Dead Pope Stood Trial
The office of Pope has historically always been a highly important one. Such a role...
Sulla: The Man Who Showed Caesar the Way
There is no question that the fate of Rome, her empire, Europe and by extension...
The Wild Life and the Ridiculous Death of Pythagoras
You all know about Pythagoras, the triangle guy? His brilliant theorem to calculate the lengths...
Marcus Aurelius: A Timeless Guide to Life from the Philosopher King
Roman emperors are perhaps remembered for their notoriety more than anything else. We remember Julius...
Silphium: Can We Rediscover the Roman Wonder Drug?
Cure-alls are, generally speaking, never what they claim. Most medical wonder drugs are nothing of...
Milanese Hospital Bones Suggest Early Use of Cocaine
Researchers in Italy excavating a crypt in Milan’s Ospedale Maggiore have discovered something which sets...
Baldassare Castiglione: The Courtier, Perfected
The term “Renaissance Man” is a reasonably well known one, which draws a pretty wide...
Searching for the Lost Treasure of Alaric the Visigoth
For those with a mind to search for them, there are many rumoured lost treasures...
666: Making Sense of Revelations and the Roman Connection
The Book of Revelations is a total trip. It is hard to read its apocalyptic...
The Voynich Manuscript: Never to be Deciphered?
In 1912 a Polish book dealer came across a manuscript which, at first glance, did...