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Video Game Allows Players to Build Their Own Ancient Greek City Video game fans will be able to construct their own ancient Greek city in the upcoming strategy sandbox game Builders of Greece.

Ancient Roman 'spike defenses' made famous by Julius Caesar found in Germany Archaeologists have found ancient Roman "barbed wire," famously used and written about by Julius Caesar, for the first time near a German silver mine.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/digging-up-viking-history-britain-180979790/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3KTflQRGZHOiP6ecYyX_RtEoG1vq9h3gFX6cu-dSLvx2gzHzzYyFSIC2U

Digging Up the Rich Viking History of Britain A massive 1,100-year-old graveyard leads to a surprising new view of the Nordic legacy in Britain

https://www.wsj.com/articles/horatius-at-the-bridge-in-ukraine-story-military-bravery-lesson-teacher-romans-virtus-11646594120?st=5sum8uuzf37ghke&reflink=desktopwebshare_facebook&fbclid=IwAR00ICtWF_eW9-Gql1SdOceKONUdXOn03wxm95gP_2rRCXtWshxOzvsZd30

Opinion | ‘Horatius at the Bridge’ in Ukraine A 25-year-old soldier’s sacrifice helps me realize at last why we read Livy’s story in Latin class.

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Outstanding Achievements from National Classics Translation Exam Post Detail - Belmont Hill School

https://www.yahoo.com/news/badger-hunting-food-instead-unearths-113000633.html

Badger hunting for food instead unearths ancient treasure The coins were likely dug up by a badger searching for food during the vast snowstorm​ which paralyzed Spain last year.

https://www.thecollector.com/atalanta-mythological-greek-heroine/?fbclid=IwAR19rh9eo-Y_MsPvcAi_r7Gsnk-629dTJH8AZW32mwzVAQGvRDAK1ILuFNA

Atalanta: The Forgotten Greek Heroine Atalanta in Greek Mythology was a legendary heroine who defied the expectations of her time and pursued life under her own terms.

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2

No one could see the colour blue until modern times This isn't another story about that dress, rather it's about the way that humans see the world.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/why-536-was-worst-year-be-alive

Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ Glacier cores reveal Icelandic volcano that plunged Europe into darkness

Pompeii: Duration of pyroclastic currents generated by eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD determined The duration of the pyroclastic currents that hit Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD lasted about fifteen minutes: the volcanic ashes, inhaled by the inhabitants, were fatal, causing asphyxiation.

A List of Women Authors from Ancient Greece and Rome for #InternationalWomensDay In our now annual tradition, we are re-posting this list with more names and updated links. Most of the evidence for these authors has been collected only in Wikipedia. I have added new translation…

Why modern mortar crumbles, but Roman concrete lasts millennia Seawater is the secret behind the strength of the Pantheon and Colosseum