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Rome's Ancient Catacombs
A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of Venice in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The catacombs, a ...
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The Rest of the World at the time of Classical Greece
Europe: In 510 BC, after a protracted struggle with its Etruscan kings, the nobility of Rome overthrew their monarchy and established a republic. From its very beginning the Roman Republic was a ...
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Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...