Europe
Statue of Hermes found in a Roman sewer during excavation
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Archeologist report finding a remarkably well-preserved statue of Hermes inside a Roman sewer in the southwestern Bulgaria.
News
Lack of dementia in ancient Greece and Rome suggests contemporary causes to diseases like Alzheimer’s
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New research published this week suggests that dementias like Alzheimer’s disease may be the consequence of modern environments and lifestyles.
Culture
Roman temples found with a sacrificial pit researchers say
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Researchers find Roman temples in modem-day Germany with a sacrificial space that raise questions about the nature of offerings to the gods and spirits.
Arts & Culture
Editorial: Philanthropy is the problem
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott critiques the way philanthropy structures our ideas about the pagan past to match the priorities of museum mega-donors.
Europe
Archeologists find 2,000 year old graves in Paris necropolis: Part II on Gaulish-Roman burial sites
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Archeologists find 2,000 year-old graves in Paris during the building of a train station expansion near Notre Dame Cathedral.