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Unlike most major Roman towns in southern Britain, Calleva Atrebatum did not re-emerge as a town in the medieval period. The Iron Age town of Calleva, which covered over 32 hectares, seems to have been established between about 20 and 10 BC. It may have been a planned settlement of people from north-west Gaul (modern […]

Using artificial intelligence, Dutch photographer Bas Uterwijk released on Friday modern images of the Egyptian King Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) and Queen Nefertiti. The pictures, which Uterwijk posted on his Twitter page, are based on old carvings and engravings that portrayed the two. The artist said in his post: “I don’t claim to be a scientist.

EGYPT’S Great Pyramid of Giza may not have been the only thing built for Khufu in Giza, a historian has told Express.co.uk after making a bombshell discovery in a famous papyrus. Discovered in 2013, the Diary of Merer is the name of a logbook detailing the transportation of limestone from Tura to Giza during the

This loaf of bread was found in Pompeii. The style of the bread was typical in Italy at the time of the first century AD. The bread was carbonized (burnt) and darkened (turned dark) as a result of the heating and burning during the volcano eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It is presumed

Archaeologists excavating a looted pyramid tomb in the ruins of a Mayan city in Peten, northeast Guatemala, have discovered a mysterious interlocking jade mask believed to have belonged to a previously unknown Mayan king. Chochkitam, a little-known archaeological site, is located near the Peten Basin, a subregion of the Maya Lowlands in northwest Guatemala. The

The recently discovered sphinxes guarding the entrance to the Lion Tomb beneath the great mound at Amphipolis in Macedonia were unveiled on August 12th 2014 during a visit by the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras. They may be telling us more than has yet been realised about the occupant of this newly excavated tomb and

In some respects the Gopuram of the North Gate is the best preserved one of Angkor Thom’s five entrance gates. The Indra reliefs on top of the three-headed corner elephants as well as a row of figures further up are in a pretty sound condition.The Vedic god Indra holds a thunderbolt in his lower left

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In the heart of ancient Mexico, where lush landscapes are scarce, the Aztec civilization achieved a remarkable feat that left historians in awe for centuries. By utilizing a unique agricultural technique, the Aztecs managed to sustain a staggering population of 200,000 people in a region characterized by infertile and marshy land. This astounding accomplishment not

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