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18 hours ago · What Romans Saw When They Reached New Parts Of The World. The Roman Empire existed as a unified empire from 27 BC to AD 476. Starting in Italy, and then eventually stretching all the way around the Mediterranean and beyond, from Scotland to the bottom of Egypt, the Romans built one of the grandest and most diverse empires that the world has ever seen.
2 days ago · Troy Ancient Greek: Τροία, romanized: Troíā; Latin: Trōia; Hittite: 𒆳𒌷𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭, romanized: Truwiša / Taruiša) or Ilion (Ancient Greek: Ίλιον, romanized: Ī́lion, Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭, romanized: Wiluša) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlık, Turkey. The place was first settled around 3600 BC ...
5 days ago · But el-Lisht is much more than just a royal cemetery. Sprawling out around the pyramids is a vast necropolis where the kings‘ courtiers and family members were laid to rest in mastaba tombs and smaller subsidiary pyramids. Exploring these ancillary burials offers valuable insights into the lives, and deaths, of the Middle Kingdom elite.
5 days ago · The Fitzwilliam Museum (1837–41) is located in Trumpington Street, a continuation of King’s Parade. West of the river is the redbrick University Library (1931–34). The Cambridge and County Folk Museum is situated near Magdalene College in Castle Street. Cambridge, England.
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3 days ago · CAMBRIDGE THE GROWTH OF THE CITY . Physiographical Map Showing Bronze Age Remains in the Cambridge Region. The City of Cambridge has grown to its present size and dignity on a site that has many advantages for settlement, of a type well-recognised by geographers, and familiar to historians: at the point nearest to a sea where a slow-moving river can readily be crossed by ford or dug-out canoe ...
2 days ago · Middle Elamite period (c. 1500–1100 BC) Middle-Elamite basrelief of warrior gods, Susa, 1600-1100 BC. Around 1500 BC, the Middle Elamite period began with the rise of the Anshanite dynasties. Their rule was characterized by an "Elamisation" of Susa, and the kings took the title "king of Anshan and Susa".
2 days ago · The Roman fortress, the precursor of the medieval town, was built in the 70s A.D. in a position commanding the crossing of the river Severn. The river then flowed closer to the town than it does today, in or near the channel later known as the Old Severn and crossed by the Foreign bridge.
