who founds the first settlement in Italy after the destruction of Troy by the Greeks in the 12th century BC. It is the story of the earliest days of Rome, a national epic honoring Rome and ...

The magnificent palace culture of the Mycenaeans collapsed in the 12th century BC and was followed by what is traditionally ... Greece is likened to ownership of a Rolls-Royce nowadays. The Roman ...

Hidden gems in Rome can show you a more intimate side ... Start your journey at the 12th-century basilica above ground, where the stunning Mosaic of the Apse glimmers in the dim light.

Related: Why Lebanon's Roman Ruins Make It ... castle that was built in the 12th century The Temple of the Obelisks - a large temple that was built in 1600 BC and is considered today the most ...

It was a cross carved intricately in walrus ivory – English of the 12th century ... and Roman department took me to the museum’s conservation studio to show me a secret new acquisition, a marble Greek ...

A British man who found a massive cache of ancient Roman gold and silver coins while hunting with a metal detector has a lot ...

The items date from 4th Century BC to Roman times. Excavation work around ... Agamemnon of Mycenae during his war with Troy in the 12th or 13th Century BC. The city is thought to have flourished ...

Israelis trace the settling of the land to the 13th and 12th centuries ... under Roman, Byzantine, and Arab rule until the European Crusaders arrived in 1099 AD. In the 16th century the Ottoman ...

In Ancient Egypt, around 3100 BC, having an indoor toilet showed a ... Monks living at Hampshire’s Portchester Castle in the 12th century built stone chutes that led down to the sea, leaving ...

Portugal is a country full of history and culture, reflected in its monuments that attract millions of visitors every year.

This land of beautiful baroque architecture and Maldives-like beaches is where Italians like to holiday – here’s how to ...

Even today, the city’s medieval heart beats strongly, wrapped in thick arteries of 12th century stone ... some as old as 15,000 BC. The city, of course, arrived much later.