Researchers discover the world's oldest wine in Rome
A white wine over 2,000 years old, of Andalusian origin, is the oldest wine ever discovered.
A white wine over 2,000 years old, of Andalusian origin, is the oldest wine ever discovered.
Archaeology
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Modern hippos first dispersed in Europe during the Middle Pleistocene, according to a study published Nov. 22, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Beniamino Mecozzi of the Sapienza University of Rome and colleagues.
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 22, 2023
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An ancient Roman imperial palazzo atop the city's Palatine Hill was reopened to tourists on Thursday, nearly 50 years after its closure for restoration.
Archaeology
Sep 21, 2023
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Some 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome, glass vessels carrying wine or water, or perhaps an exotic perfumes, tumble from a table in a marketplace, and shatter to pieces on the street. As centuries passed, the fragments were ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 18, 2023
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Guardian dogs do a great job of protecting Australian livestock from predators.
Veterinary medicine
Jul 7, 2023
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Measuring just 6 centimeters wide and 8 centimeters long, the magnitude and exceptionality of the discovery has left the European archaeological community flabbergasted. It is a fragment of an oil amphora from the Roman region ...
Archaeology
Jun 21, 2023
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A headline bound to get you up in the morning—a 2,000 year old dildo from ancient Rome has just been discovered.
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2023
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As Pompeii's House of the Vettii finally reopens after a long process of restoration, news outlets appear to be struggling with how to report on the Roman sex cultures so well recorded in the ruins of the city.
Archaeology
Jan 23, 2023
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A new analysis of several Roman coins unearthed in 1713—long thought to be forgeries—suggests that they are authentic, providing evidence that the leader portrayed on one of the coins was indeed in power during the 260s ...
Archaeology
Nov 23, 2022
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Rome's ruins are such an integral part of the Eternal City that it can be suprising when sometimes bits of them fall off.
Archaeology
Jun 14, 2022
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