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Alessandro Torlonia acquired further property in Rome and its vicinity, including the Vigna dei Gesuiti on the Aventine Hill, which rested above the remains of the Baths of Decius. [16] Other estates acquired for excavation were at Tuscia and Sabina ; at Fara Sabina (ancient Cures ), the collection's bronze statue of Germanicus was discovered.
Scholars have noted its importance in revolutionizing our understanding of ancient women and providing new theoretical frameworks for analyzing them, [1] [2] such as gender archaeology. Archaeological projects regularly uncover surprising information about ancient women on subjects as varied as motherhood [3] to the historical inspiration for ...
Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. [1] Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about in Latin and Greek texts. Many universities and foreign nations maintain excavation programs and ...
Pages in category "Museums of ancient Rome" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... List of museums of Greek and Roman antiquities; A.
This category is about historians studying antiquity (i.e. ancient history - any historical period before the Middle Ages). Note: ancient Greece and ancient Rome comprise classical antiquity . See also: Category:Archaeologists
Rome: Ruins of the Forum, Looking towards the Capitol (1742) by Canaletto. The history of Rome includes the history of the city of Rome as well as the civilisation of ancient Rome. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced many modern legal systems ...
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (fl. c. 8 BC.) was a Greek historian and critic living in Rome. His major work was Roman Antiquities, a history of Rome from its mythical beginnings until the first Punic war, consisting of 20 books. Generally he is considered to be a less reliable source than most of the other historians, but he does fill in the gaps ...
The Allard Pierson Museum is the archaeological museum of the University of Amsterdam.It is situated at the Oude Turfmarkt 127 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Artifacts from the ancient civilizations of ancient Egypt, the Near East, the Greek World, Etruria, and the Roman Empire are curated and exhibited in this museum.