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Western Antiquity

"Among the innumerable monuments of architecture constructed by the Romans, how many have escaped the notice of history, how few have resisted the ravages of time and barbarism! And yet even the majestic ruins that are still scattered over Italy and the provinces, would be sufficient to prove that those countries were once the seat of a polite and powerful empire." Edward Gibbon

Greece, Rome Egypt and the other civilizations that arose around the Mediterranean inform everything about our lives today.  Religion, politics, drama, history, poetry, philosophy and much more were all invented by the ancients - usually in short energetic bursts, as happened in 5th century B.C. Athens. Herewith the coverage of new discoveries about these civilizations.

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  • September 2007

    • Ancient Israeli Tunnel Found

      Associated Press  |  Sep 11, 07 2:37 PM CDT

      Ancient Israeli Tunnel Found

      (Newser) - While searching for the ancient main road of Jerusalem, Israeli archaeologists stumbled upon a 2,000-year-old tunnel that residents used to escape Roman invaders destroying the Second Temple. The tunnel was originally used to drain rain water and prevent flooding, and its discovery is doubly significant, the AP reports, because it also shows how the ancient city’s rulers cared for their citizens during a pivotal moment in history. More »

  • August 2007

    • Getty Sends Looted Art Home

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 2, 07 4:49 AM CDT

      Getty Sends Looted Art Home

      (Newser) - The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return to Italy 40 works of art, including some of the finest in the museum's collection, following a decades-long legal battle. The museum has agreed to give up dozens of  masterpieces that Italy claims were looted, including its signature 5th-century marble Aphrodite, the LA Times reports. More »

  • June 2007

    • It's a Wrap: Tooth ID's Mummy Queen

      New York Times  |  Jun 27, 07 4:39 AM CDT

      It's a Wrap: Tooth ID's Mummy Queen

      (Newser) - An ancient tooth and DNA evidence appear to prove that an obese mummy found in 1903 is one of Egypt's most powerful female rulers, Hatshepsut, the New York Times reports. The tooth, located in a box labeled with the queen's name, "fits exactly" with a broken root in the mummy's mouth, according to archeologists. More »

  • May 2007

    • First Computer May Be 2100 Years Old

      New Yorker  |  May 20, 07 9:02 PM CDT

      First Computer May Be 2100 Years Old

      (Newser) - An unknown scientist in the first century B.C. may have invented the world’s first computer. Discovered by Greek divers in 1900 on the bottom of the Aegean Sea near the island of Antikythera, the so called Antikythera Mechanism lay in the National Museum in Athens mistaken for an astrolabe until the late 1950s. More »

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The ancient Parthenon temple, in the Acropolis hill, is seen in this photo from files taken on Feb. 3, 2004. The Acropolis is among the leading contenders to be the new seven wonders of the world as...   (Associated Press)
Two Libyan policemen patrol the site of the Greek Temple of Zeus in the ancient town of Cyrene near the city of al-Bayda, northeastern Libya Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. The Temple of Zeus, constructed in the...   (Associated Press)
GREECE-ARCHAEOLOGY-ACROPOLIS-MUSEUM   (Getty Images)
The Temple at Karnak   (Archive Photos)
This picture made available Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, by Italian Carabinieri, shows a 4th century B.C. stone sculpture representing Aphrodite that they claim was illegally excavated from Morgantina, Sicily,...   (Associated Press)
Infant twins Romulus and Remus, added to the sculpture in the late 15th century, are suckled by the she-wolf in this ancient bronze sculpture depicting the myth behind the founders of Rome.   (Wikimedia Commons)
A photo provided by the Israel Antiquities Authority showing Israeli archeologists at work on the 2.000-year-old remains of a building just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City Wednesday, Dec. 5,...   (Associated Press)
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