Figs, meat – and not too much sex. A good diet in ancient times was more than what you ate
Some advice for staying healthy may sound familiar. But other recommendations – such as a fig-only diet for athletes – may ...
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Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life
When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...
French bulldog is still tops in US, but this ancient breed is moving up fast
French bulldogs remain America’s most popular purebred dog, but the cane corso is quickly gaining ground, climbing from 50th ...
Beware the Ides of March – origins of eight common symbols of bad luck
TODAY marks the Ides of March, a day that proved disastrous for one unlucky Roman. Online bingo players often have ...
Laurence des Cars, saving the Louvre whatever the cost
In order to fund the museum's colossal €800 million renovation plan, director Laurence des Cars has no shortage of ideas: prestigious galas, American donors and higher ticket prices for foreign ...
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Egyptian Gods and Goddesses: A Fascinating Look at Ancient Egyptian Mythology
A deep dive into the Egyptian gods and goddesses (their characteristics, myths, and symbols) who held significant sway over ...
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Ancient Roman Gossip Book Makes The Bestseller List 2,000 Years After Its Original Publication
Nearly 2,000 years after the Roman historian Suetonius wrote "The Lives of the Caesars" in the second century C.E., his work ...
A country too dangerous to visit is one I can’t wait to return to
As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...
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Why Did Ancient Greeks Recline to Eat and Drink?
Surviving images on ancient works of art frequently depict the symposium, where ancient Greeks reclined on one side to eat ...
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Archaeologists Discovered a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Gold Mine—and Another World Around It
Crews found evidence of ancient gold mining ... Khaled said that the team identified architectural remains from both the Roman and Islamic periods. The evidence of the use of this space well ...