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Zuck's birthday T-shirt is a tribute to ancient Rome, Facebook's history, and going hard
"Carthago delenda est" means "Carthage must be destroyed," a popular idea from Rome around 150 BC. …
Kieran Corcoran
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I've been a tour guide in Italy for 16 years. My top recommendation is an incredible ancient port city that's way less crowded than Rome.
In its heyday (around the seventh century BC), it was a major port and commercial hub of the Roman …
Sarah May Grunwald
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We moved from a 3-bedroom house in Nashville to a 500-square-foot studio north of Rome. There are downsides, but we love it here.
My husband and I sold our house in Nashville and bought a studio north of Rome that's a fourth of t…
Zeneba Bowers
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AI helps researchers win $700k by decoding contents of 2000-year-old Roman scroll!
While many know the tragedy of Pompeii, Vesuvius also consumed nearby Roman cities, including the a…
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I've been a tour guide in Rome for 16 years. Here are 9 of the biggest mistakes tourists make.
My husband and I live in Rome and lead cultural and food tours around the Italian city. Here are so…
Sarah May Grunwald
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Pompeii find reveals the secrets of life as a slave in Ancient Rome, frozen in time for almost 2,000 years by volcanic eruption
Archaeologists discovered a small bedroom used by slaves in a dig near the Roman city of Pompeii, I…
Rebecca Rommen
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A Travis Scott concert at an ancient venue in Rome caused tremors as bad as a magnitude-1.3 earthquake, angering archaeologists
A seismologist calculated that Travis Scott's Utopia concert at Rome's Circus Maximus caused tremor…
Joshua Zitser
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Sausage dogs could have been made to fight bears in the Colosseum of ancient Rome, archaeologists said
Sausage dogs were used for entertainment in the Roman Colosseum and may have been made to fight lar…
Alia Shoaib
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Why can't tourists simply stop defacing Rome's Colosseum?
Tourists keep on carving things into the Colosseum. Imposing fines hasn't helped, and getting blast…
Caralynn Matassa
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The skeleton of a Roman 'vaporized' just steps from the sea as he fled the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD, found by archaeologists
Archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a man killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in…
Alia Shoaib
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A history TikToker's viral claim that Ancient Rome 'didn't exist' is getting backlash from academics
A TikToker known as @momillennial_ made a series of controversial claims about Ancient Rome, prompt…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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The tourist who defaced the nearly 2,000-year-old Colosseum in Rome says he wasn't aware of the monument's age
Italian police identified the tourist who carved two names into Rome's Colosseum. In an apology let…
Monica Humphries
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A recently unearthed ancient Roman restaurant in Pompeii shows what it was like to eat fast-food in 79 AD
The site, which was first discovered in 2019, was buried by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Archaeologists discovered an ancient city buried 30 miles outside Rome without ever digging it up
The discovery offers a window into life in ancient Rome, where people enjoyed shopping, bathing, an…
Aria Bendix
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Watch these GIFs reconstruct 7 global historic ancient ruins into how they originally looked in all their glory
A man takes a picture next the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill of Athens, on Monday,…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Ancient Roman concrete was incredibly strong — scientists may have just figured out why
How ancient Roman concrete — used to build famous sites like the Pantheon — has survived over the m…
Marianne Guenot
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A teenage tourist is under investigation after she was filmed defacing Rome's Colosseum by a tour guide who said her parents told him: 'She's just a little girl'
A Swiss tourist is being investigated for carving the letter "N" into the nearly 2,000-year-old Rom…
Maria Noyen
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I live in Rome and these are my 13 secret things to do that most tourists miss, including where you'll find the best views of the city
After the Colosseum or the Vatican, save time in your Rome itinerary for under-the-radar activities…
Erica Firpo
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I'm a travel writer who moved to Rome 20 years ago from the US. Here's my ultimate guide to the city.
Insider's complete travel guide to Rome, Italy, includes the best places to stay and eat, incredibl…
Erica Firpo
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11 one-of-a-kind boutique hotels in Rome that make me feel like I've been handed the keys to my most stylish Italian friend's home
For a truly authentic trip to Rome, skip the big-brand hotels in favor of these boutique hotels tha…