Bellerophon, Pegasus and Athena First half of the 1st century. Fresco of the 3rd style from Pompeii (Caupona-house of Lucius Betucius (Vetutius) Placidus, I, 8, 8).
Ancient Greece
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As the U.K. wrestles with issues of identity and nationalism around Brexit, a new exhibit is putting fresh faces on the region's ancient residents.
Over the last few months we have gone through 30 of the worlds greatest mysteries but what we haven't covered are ancient mysteries. This list aims to put that right! Here are ten great unsolved mysteries of science. Do you have a theory that might solve one of these mysteries? If so, tell us in
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What could be the earliest direct evidence of string has been found at a site in south-east France occupied by Neanderthals 90,000 years ago
For Elisabeth Daynès, sculpting ancient humans and their ancestors is both an art and a science
As the U.K. wrestles with issues of identity and nationalism around Brexit, a new exhibit is putting fresh faces on the region's ancient residents.
For over 150,000 years, our ancient cousins, the Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), thrived throughout Europe until, in the blink of an eye (geologically speaking), they disappeared off the face of the Earth. Several theories have been proposed to explain their extinction, although a consensus is growing that the primary factor was competition with us (Homo sapiens). Despite their annihilation, however, their [...]
Some things haven't changed much, have they? (This one wasn't really enthralled by Grandma's same old stories - or maybe she just didn't like the bad haircut Mom gave her)
But throughout time and across cultures, shaving, beard trimming, and even hairstyling carried heavy cultural meaning for men.
When archaeologists were excavating a dry prehistoric lake bed in Motala, Sweden in 2009, they stumbled upon one of the most peculiar archaeological discoveries the nation had seen – the so-called ‘Tomb of the Sunken Skulls’, a collection of skulls dating back 8,000 years, which had been mounted on stakes.
Neanderthals [8] are an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.[9][10][11][12] While the "causes of Neanderthal disappearance about 40,000 years ago remain highly contested,"[13]: 1 [14] demographic factors such as small population size, inbreeding, and random fluctuations are considered probable factors. Other scholars have proposed competitive replacement,[15] assimilation into the modern human genome ,[16] great climatic change,[17][18][19] disease,[20][21] or a combination of these factors.[19]
Working with skull fragments, a 3-D printer, and more, scientists have given several new faces to an Iron Age girl found in a peat bog.
You Can Now Look At The Faces Of Some Of Britain's Earliest Inhabitants
Is the dream of EU endangered? This book reviews classic and modern values and virtues, and uses them in order to rethink Europes present politics and its future. The idea of the Republic was born with the political ethics of ancient Greece. The current international crisis obliges Europe to face the mirror of truth: What has become of the European Idea and…
Known as “Flagellum Dei,” or “scourge of God,” Attila the Hun was one of the most fearsome enemies the Romans ever faced.
Thracians – “the second-most numerous people after the Indians”(herodotus, 5th century BC) Getae-Dacians belonged to the big Thracian family from South-Eastern Europe …
As Europe’s only Jewish farm faces closure, its founder explains why reviving Judaism’s ancient precepts of sustainable agriculture and conservation has never been more urgent
