Rome welcomes one million young people to celebrate their Jubilee event in three key locations: St. Peter’s Basilica, the ...

Here are some of the most famous and impressive examples of ancient temples from around the world. In the seventh century the ...

Caesar increased the number of senators from around 600 to 900. This changed the membership of the Senate considerably: many of the new faces were Equestrians or came from Italian towns – some ...

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Many of the burials date later than the other finds at Saqqara, to the era of Greek rule in Egypt following the Late Period, after Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great’s top generals, founded a ...