Why the Pop World Can’t Shut Up About Nachos
They have not invented a new style of nachos, rather they have reheated some nachos of yore. Pop girls may be reheating Donna ...
Med alert: How to beat the heat and crowds of Europe’s top hotspots
Travel to some of the Mediterranean’s most popular cities at this time and you might even find the locals welcome your ...
Ancient Rome Was So Polluted With Lead That IQs Dropped
Airborne particles from minting coins damaged health, a new study says, and might have contributed to the Roman Empire’s ...
Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital
Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital - City of Perga on Turkey’s southwestern ...
Hidden for Half a Century, Ancient Roman Treasures Return to the Spotlight
Inside the super-private Torlonia Collection of ancient marbles, and the strategy to clean them up and bring them back into ...
Police raided a forger’s workshop in Rome. They found dozens of pieces, including fake Picassos and Rembrandts
Italian police have have seized dozens of forged artworks attributed to famous artists such as Picasso and Rembrandt in what ...
Archaeologists Unearthed Five Lost Statues From Remains of the Roman Empire’s Sculpture Capital
Excavations across the ancient city of Perga revealed five new statue finds from as far back as the second century A.D. The ...
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Vivid Wall Paintings Unearthed at a 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Necropolis in Italy
Found beneath an older tomb near Tarquinia, the painted chamber depicts several intricate scenes, including a metallurgical ...
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Scientists Decode Golden Ratio of Ancient Greek Riace Bronze Statues
One of the famous ancient Greek Riace Bronzes was found to have had its teeth designed following the mathematical value of ...
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The Download: ancient DNA’s modern uses, and an AI-artist collaboration
An ancient-DNA revolution is turning the high-speed equipment used to study the DNA of living things on to specimens from the ...
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The scent of a mummy: Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice
At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...
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Roman Imperial art
At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...