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The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study
Rosario Lepore / Wikimedia, CC BY Ray Laurence, Macquarie University At its height, the Roman empire covered some…
Uncovering the Uncomfortable Truths of Pompeii
A guided tour of Pompeii uncovers not only the ingenious engineering of the Roman Empire but also its sobering realities of exploitation and death, captured forever in volcanic ash.
New finds shed light on Canopus – the ancient Egyptian port city lost to the sea
Claire Isabella Gilmour, University of Bristol This year has seen a number of artefacts recovered from the Mediterranean…