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The Feminist Who Inspired the Witches of Oz
Every living generation has been petrified by The Wizard of Oz. Early in the 1939 film, a cranky neighbor riding her bicycle ...
The Sphinx is an ancient villain whose connection to the mysterious Ka Stone stretches across time and space and could ...
At the playground, archaeologists found several ancient Roman waste pits, including one with shoe fragments, officials said.
A rare knife handle in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered at Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England, shining a new ...
A 2,000-year-old Roman knife with a handle carved into the figure of a gladiator has been found by archaeologists in England, ...
A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England, ...
A lackluster sequel to Gladiator with choppy plot and enjoyable battles is saved by Denzel Washington's flamboyant ...
According to accounts of ancient Roman writers, the following year, once Agrippina was confident Nero’s succession was assured, she had Claudius poisoned. The ancient authors who depicted ...
A small town in the Aragón region of Spain was saved from recent floods that killed more than 200 by an ancient Roman dam. Almonacid de la Cuba, a small town in the province of Zaragoza, Aragón in ...
More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangaea (sometimes spelled Pangea), after putting together several lines of ...
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Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...