Ancient coin dulls Cleopatra's beauty
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So maybe Mark Antony loved Cleopatra for her mind. That is the conclusion being drawn by academics at Britain's University of Newcastle from a Roman denarius coin which depicts the celebrated queen of Egypt as a sharp-nosed, thin-lipped woman with a protruding chin.
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Who is dropping all the coins in the fountain in the Metropolitan Museum of Artâs new Greek and Roman galleries? And why?
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This year&#39;s opening ceremony to the Olympic Games in Athens was impressive for the mixture of allusions to antiquity and modern innovation.
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Ancient Roman women had beautiful skin, apparently, they had a foundation skin cream which until recently, no one knew how to reproduce.
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Nov. 3, 2004 - Beauty creams used by the ladies of ancient Rome were not far different from those applied to today&#39;s fair skins, to judge by a discovery in the remains of a Roman temple in London dating from the 2nd century AD.
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt might copyright its pharaonic antiquities, from the pyramids to scarab beetles, in an attempt to get paid from the sale of replicas, an official said Thursday.
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A stone slab found bears 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars, say archaeologists.
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Many of Greece's most valued ancient statues are wearing chains and padded vests, ready for a rare outing.
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In yet another troubling sign for the greenback, at least one of the seven wonders of the world is now off limits if you have only U.S. currency in your pocket
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A rare belt buckle which is up to 1,400 years old goes on display at the Museum of London.
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Washington -- It was auctioned off for $286,000 in 1977 by President Carter in his effort to eliminate symbols of the &quot;imperial presidency.
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A stone slab bears 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars, say archaeologists.
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The proverb-writers may want to update the old saying that "familiarity breeds contempt." If this were always true, how could one explain the success of the world's longest-running coin, the Maria Theresa ...
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Roba al-Asaly fingers the sliver of gold on her necklace and explains that it reminds her of a place "that's not there anymore."
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Egyptians once considered it the skin of  the gods, and lavished it on their ancient pharaohs as they  passed to the afterlife.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  -- Adam Nelson couldn&#39;t help himself. While parading with his silver medal around the ancient site that gave birth to the Olympics 28 centuries ago, he paused to look at the mark in the dirt he thought was his gold-medal spot.
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The J. Paul Getty Museum announced on Monday that it had agreed to hand over an ancient gold funerary wreath and a marble statue that were illegally excavated and removed from Greece.