(Didn’t Glenn Close say that to Michael Douglas? How’d that move turn out? Happy ending? A crazy blonde lady getting payback … meanwhile, in Italy, there’s a crazy blonde lady who …) Italy created the Roman Empire. All those emperors – Caligula, N…
Researchers at Trent University have found a way to reach back in time and listen to ancient civilizations in their most public and private moments. This startling breakthrough comes shortly after researchers at MIT learned how to "hear" through...
Shock and awe abounded today as the Romans returned to reclaim what they proclaim is rightfully theirs. They might have come from a portal or out of a test tube or something in a mad scientists lab but they are here and you should be scared! All of m...
Erotic art is an excuse, in the form of sketches, paintings, sculptures, and other media, to show naked people, many of whom are depicted as engaging in "erotic" (a codeword for sexual) activities. Although some people try to distinguish between erotic art and pornography, no argument for such a distinction has ever been generally accepted, and most people agree that one person's erotic art is ano...
Northumberland UK: Graffiti has been discovered on an unearthed surface of a pillar that forms part of an ancient stone circle, after the large megalith was knocked over by a thunderstorm. Ruins of prehistoric Bronze Age and older stone monuments...
Not only do modern day stand-up comedians enjoy shipping their money out to Jersey and Guernsey to avoid paying taxes, it seems the Romans did it too. A huge find of 1st BC century Roman coins has proven the point and many of the coins found bea...
Italy - 49BC They stood on the banks of the Rubicon, Caesar and his faithful sidekick Brute. "Are we going or what, boss?" Brute asked. "Hmmm," Caesar prevaricated. "Getting cold feet are we?" "Nah. It's not that Brute me old mucker. I'm just a bit worried about the Romans, and how they'll react when they find out I'm actually a Lazio fan..." "Ah well, in for a cistercium in for...
York - A pure gold, sapphire and glass jewel found by local metal detecting enthusiasts has been identified as the signet ring of the legendary Iceni warrior Queen Boudica. The stunning artefuct once mesmerised a Roman Legion which subsequently pe...
Despite his meteoric rise to power, his total control of the Senate, Tribunes and the Praetorian Guard and also the vice-like grip he held over the city for over fifteen years, it emerged today that not one single person in Rome had had much to do wi...
Researchers have long questioned whether our ancestors had bowel movements. Did they have to waddle out into the woods in the middle of the night after eating a hearty meal? There was, after all, no proof provided anywhere in their writings. None...
City boss Roberto Mancini is set to drop star striker Mario Balotelli ahead of Sunday's crucial tussle with Chelsea. The hot-blooded striker has had discipline problems since he arrived at the Eastlands club and these came to a head in the week wh...
The history of writing the spoken word is a scientific discipline all to itself. It is widely agreed that the Egyptians and Chinese writing systems arose together through trade, and gave rise to two independent systems. The Phoenicians carried Egypti...
An archaeology expert has poured scorn on the discovery of a Roman settlement at a London building site. The discovery, on the site of the new Waldorf Astoria being built at Syon Park, has "excited" archeologists who have found more than 11,000 ar...
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