Gladiator II is both bad history and bad historical fiction, Ridley Scott's maximalism never replicating the charisma of ...
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DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...
Pottery has long been used to date archaeological sites but previously held ideas about styles associated with the iron age ...
Ridley Scott's long-anticipated return to ancient Rome is a pale shadow of its Best Picture-winning predecessor.
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When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...
The Su Nuraxi stone complex was built by some of Sardinia’s oldest-known settlers, the mysterious Nuragic people.
In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, scientists have successfully integrated a crucial ...
Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about the people and their relationships ...
Despite his acclaimed acting career, Paul Mescal had to overcome a lot of nerves to work with Ridley Scott and Denzel ...