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1. The Sacred Band of Thebes: Elite Fighters… and Lovers!

   ... flurry of retreats from Boeotian allies into the Theban columns, only strengthening the Theban numbers.  The ... by General Pelopidas, made up the right wing of the Theban columns. When the opportunity presented itself, the Theban ...

   B. B. Wagner - 02/06/2021 - 22:14

2. Archaeologists find Magnificent Statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and His Protector, the Lioness Goddess of War

   ... earthquake in 27 BC that knocked over the walls and the columns that held them up. The lion-headed goddess statues ...

   Mark Miller - 12/03/2017 - 13:49

3. In Rome, I Saw Written On Top Of A Door

   ... architrave - the main beam resting across the top of two columns - one finds an engraving of Saturn and Lead, with the ...

   Roberto Volterri - 06/02/2020 - 04:28

4. Live the Legend: 8 Mythical Places That Actually Exist

   ... Ireland. It is made up of over 40,000 interlocking basalt columns which, according to scientists, were the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. Collectively, the columns takes the appearance of steps leading from the cliff ... is boring though. Local legends state that the basalt columns are the remnants of a causeway built by an ancient ...

   Robbie Mitchell - 29/11/2022 - 00:52

5. Fame from Fault: Reasons Why the Famous Tower of Pisa Leans

   ... It is said that they tried to compensate by making the columns and arches of the third story on the sinking northern ...

   dhwty - 02/01/2016 - 03:53

6. Archaeoacoustics and Ancient Architecture: Megaliths, Music and the Mind

   ... Tepe's "enclosure D" with its twin anthropomorphic columns still intact, as tall as three men, foot to shoulder. ... Dr. Schmidt noticed while excavating that one of these columns gave off a ringing sound when struck with the hand. ... sculpted down into the limestone bedrock. In addition to columns cut in situ , there is an enigmatic head extended ...

   Linda C. Eneix - 15/04/2022 - 23:00

7. Emperor Caracalla’s Triumphal Arch Unearthed in Serbia

   ... The excavation confirmed that there were colonnades of columns on both sides of the street.” More remains of the ...

   Sahir - 25/01/2024 - 13:47

8. Baalbek’s Stone of the Pregnant Woman: How Was This 1000-Ton Megalith Moved?!

   ... was called the Tower of Babel . The six remaining columns of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, in Lebanon, ...

   Molly Dowdeswell - 18/06/2022 - 18:46

9. Pyramid Construction

   ... and succeeded, they for surely would have applied it to columns and sculptures. Remnants of splash or beat out cleans ...

   The Ancient - 01/09/2018 - 22:00

10. “Elaborate Underworld” of Mayan Pyramids Explored by Archaeologists for the First Time

    ... as viewed from the first level of the Temple of a thousand Columns ( CC BY SA 4.0 ) By Theodoros Karasavvas “Elaborate ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 20/09/2017 - 22:57

11. Timgad: The Wonderfully Preserved Algerian Pompeii

    ... from the arch to the new area of Timgad is decorated with columns, and its central section was designed specifically ...

    dhwty - 13/08/2018 - 14:03

12. Unique Late Scythian Necropolis Tells of Demise and Transition

    ... survey has recovered 63 of these heavy stone columns, which are engraved with anthropomorphic imagery in ...

    Nathan Falde - 09/02/2021 - 21:42

13. Djémila, Algeria: A Spectacular Roman City That’s Said to Rival all Others

    ... to identify and partially reconstruct some of the halls, columns and capitals as well as the heating structures.   ...

    Michelle Freson - 10/10/2018 - 01:59

14. FBI Crime Team Solves Mystery of 4,000-Year-Old Decapitated Mummy

    ... the world of the living,” the Museum adds. “In neat columns of tiny, cursive hieroglyphs are the Coffin Texts, a ...

    aprilholloway - 03/04/2018 - 18:49

15. Alexander the Great’s Capital Punishment? The Building of Persepolis and its Flaming Demise

    ... Xerxes I. The Gate of All Nations, the Hall of a Hundred Columns (this building was only completed during the reign of ...

    dhwty - 24/04/2017 - 22:58

16. 3,000-Year-Old Bakery Found with Sacks Worth of Preserved Flour

    ... in all, the building consisted of two rows of 18 wooden columns which supported a reed roof with a wooden ...

    Sahir - 14/05/2023 - 18:54

17. Kailasa Temple Was Carved Out of One Rock from the Top Down!

    ... This shrine was carved with niches, plasters, windows, columns, inner and outer rooms, gathering halls, images of ...

    Veronica Parkes - 16/07/2018 - 14:00

18. Secretum: Leonardo Da Vinci and the Anatomy of the Soul

    ... city. The façade of St Peter’s Basilica with Corinthian columns and inscription. Credit: Ioannis Syrigos The greatest ...

    Pierluigi Tombetti - 27/12/2019 - 23:04

19. “Et tu, Brute?” Rome to Reopen Square of Julius Caesar’s Assassination to Public

    ... characterized by its circular shape, houses six remaining columns. It is widely believed to have been constructed as a ...

    Sahir - 20/06/2023 - 23:00

20. Stunning Sabratha: Discovering an Ancient Roman Port Through Its Ruins

    ... central nave and two side aisles supported by a series of columns. The interior of the basilica is adorned with ...

    Lex Leigh - 18/07/2023 - 14:54

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