Speaking on BBC Two's Digging ... the Roman army set up camp on the River Aire and built a fort called Lagentium, on which modern-day Castleford is built. Roman coin moulds have been found in ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Do you like history? I do. And I’m not sure why except that, I think it’s interesting to imagine those earlier times and then try to imagine yourself in that ...

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Sartaba/Alexandrium was built by the Hasmoneans and expanded by Herod. A team of archaeologists has launched a first ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

These new arrivals quickly assimilated into Roman ... two years, Zenobia reigned over the Levant, Egypt, and eastern Anatolia, relying in part on the region’s Christian communities. She minted ...

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The Parthian Battery or Baghdad Battery is one of the most fascinating inventions of the ancient world preceding the batteries we use today.

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As befits the Total War series, the historical setting is recreated with attention to detail. The world immediately greets ...