Ruins Support Myth of Rome's Founding
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Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of Mars, the god of war, who were suckled as infants by a she-wolf in the woods.
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Athens, Greece - Archaeologists have discovered ancient graves during excavations near Ancient Olympia, the hallowed site where the Olympic Games were born in 776 BC, the Culture Ministry said on Thursday.
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Rome's mighty Colosseum risks being damaged and diminished by a major MTV rock concert, traditionalists and conservationists warned on Thursday.
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Italian Jews have a proud 2,000-year history. They were there when the Second Temple still stood and Rome ruled the Mediterranean.
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An unusual combination of classicists, engineers and archaeologists unveil something not even HBO and Hollywood could manage â a complete 3-D model of Rome, circa 320 A.D.
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A KEY building in the history of British democracy is facing ruin unless campaigners find a means of repairing it soon.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  -- Massive fires consuming large areas of southern Greece for a third day raced toward the site of the ancient Olympics on Sunday, engulfing villages and forests as the flames reached one of the most revered sites of antiquity.
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Imagine tossing a top-notch laptop into the sea, leaving scientists from a foreign culture to scratch their heads over its corroded remains centuries later. A Roman shipmaster inadvertently did something just like it 2,000 years ago off southern Greece, experts said late Thursday.
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Imagine ancient Rome before its fall: The some 1,350 fountains still trickle with water, the 1,790 palaces haven't fallen to ruins and the 240 public latrines are still in business.
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After being buried in boiling mud when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the ruined ancient city of Herculaneum is now being deluged with acidic pigeon droppings.
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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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Call it the Maximus factor. Archaeologists working at the site of an old Roman temple near Guy&#39;s hospital in London have uncovered a pot of cosmetic cream dating back to AD2.
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Point of View: 13 November 2004, Saturday. A cultural treasure trove stuffed to bursting with the ancient monasteries, churches, mosques and Roman and Byzantine ruins, and located in the very heart of the ...
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Tourists puzzled by the jumble of  buildings in classical and modern Rome can now find their  bearings by visiting a virtual model of the imperial capital in  what is being billed as the world's biggest computer simulation  of an ancient city.
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The opening of the Ara Pacis Museum should have been cause for celebration. That the building is a flop is therefore a major disappointment.
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A fire destroyed a 610-year-old landmark that was considered the top national treasure, officials said Monday. Police said the cause of the blaze was unclear but officials said arson was suspected.
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For the Farneses, who turned Rome into a work of art, one palace was never enough.