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Lost City Discovery Challenges Narrative of Ancient Rome’s Collapse
Ancient Roman City’s Resilience Rewrites Empire’s Decline Narrative [Image: Aerial view of excavation site with archaeologists at work. Caption: Interamna Lirenas, once dismissed as a backwater, thrived during Rome’s Crisis of the Third Century.] A 13-year excavation of Interamna Lirenas, a Roman colony in central Italy, has overturned assumptions about the Empire’s collapse. Led by […]
British Egyptologist Unveils Largest Ancient Egyptian Discovery Since Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Discovery of Thutmose II’s Tomb Ends Century-Long Search (Images: 1. Piers Litherland at the site; 2. Depiction of Thutmose II; 3. Tomb entrance; 4. Howard Carter in 1922) A century after Howard Carter’s groundbreaking discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, archaeologists have finally uncovered another long-lost pharaonic burial site. Led by Scottish Egyptologist Piers Litherland, […]