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Rome’s Secret Soldier God

Did you know the Roman army revered a little-known god named Jupiter Dolichenus? Join Dr. M as he uncovers the secrets of this unusual deity at the ancient Roman site of Vindolanda.
Archaeologists excavating an ancient well in eastern Croatia have discovered the skeletons of seven men whose bodies had been ...
As of Tuesday, 1,950 people have signed up to get coats. Those who have not yet registered can sign up on the Lancaster Salvation Army's website or visit the building on Queen Street.
Soldiers served an average of 25 years in the imperial Roman army. How likely were they to reach retirement? Mexican and ...
Retrieving the concepts, writes Tobias Winright, "will raise attention to, and accountability for, indiscriminate and ...
The Attingham Estate in England has long been a hotbed of archaeology, and the National Trust recently opened the site to ...
Hamas released seven hostages on Monday, the first to be freed as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled ...
Top 10 Most Influential Kings in History 1. Alexander the Great (Greece) Born in 356 BC, Alexander the Great stands as one of ...
A seemingly ordinary yard clearance in New Orleans led to an extraordinary archaeological discovery—an ancient Roman ...
In this webinar Hugh will share his research on the thousands of giant skeletons that have been found in North America and look at the phenomenon based upon the written evidence in the academic record ...
The 1,900-year-old grave marker of a Roman sailor named Sextus Congenius Verus had been missing from an Italian museum for ...