In 1860, archaeologist Jean Charles Loriquet uncovered a massive mosaic in the town of Reim in northern France that depicted ...

The Greek world. The managerial societies -- Scientists in Greece -- Greek science and politics -- The Hellenistic world. Science and subsidy -- War the quest for certainty -- The Roman world. Science ...

According to the historians of antiquity, Rome was founded by the brothers Romulus and Remus as a hangout for the delinquent youth of early Iron Age Latium, and was given permanence by the rape of 527 ...

Beyond the entrance of Rome's newest metro station under the Colosseum, there are display cases filled with hundreds of ancient artefacts found during a decade-long construction project. Spread out ...