Why is cancer called cancer? We need to go back to Greco-Roman times for the answer
One of the earliest descriptions of someone with cancer comes from the fourth century BC. Satyrus, tyrant of the city of ...
Greek Reporter4d
The Most Famous Statues of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty
Across history, the goddess Aphrodite has remained a prominent figure of beauty and love, and many statues have been built in ...
Simon Fraser University6y
Capital of a Kingdom
It emerged from a local polity in the fourth century BC to prominence in the first century AD (Proto-Aksumite period). Aksum’s rise to power is related to its agricultural productivity, and its ...
The Art Newspaper24d
Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
One of the items, an elaborately carved bas-relief grave panel from between the late fourth century BC and early third century BC, was previously in the possession of the late antiquities ...
L'Unione Sarda15d
Sestu, a Punic necropolis emerges from the excavations for the gas network
A Punic necropolis dating back to the 4th or 3rd century BC came to light during work to lay the gas network on the former provincial road 8 that connects Sestu to the commercial area, one of the ...