The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

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In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...

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Shortly after Musk made the gesture, the term "Roman salute" started trending online. While it appears similar to the Nazi salute associated with Adolf Hitler, the gesture has ancient roots.

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

The discovery of ancient artifacts in surprising places is ... shared the same habitat and possibly interacted. The Reach of Roman Celebrity: A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle that was found ...

This type of artificial pigment dates back over 5,000 years to ancient Egypt and was popular in the Roman Empire. The block of blue pigment measured about 6 inches tall and weighed just over 5 ...

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