![]() | It was around this time, 480 B.C., that the Battle of Salamis took place. Following successful invasions by the Persians, the Greek fleet had withdrawn to Salamis and they were outnumbered. At this point Themistocles, a politician and general, convinced Greek allies to build a fleet and fight. |
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Relics from the time of the Battle of Salamis uncovered
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The Aqueduct of Constantinople
![]() | The longest aqueduct of all time, the Aqueduct of Valens is 429 km long and supplied Constantinople with water. In AD 324, the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great made Constantinople the new capital of the Roman Empire. The aqueduct system worked for more than 700 years, until at least the 12th century. | ![]() |
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Monday, May 17, 2021
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Augustus head found
| Archaeologists have found a marble head of the Roman emperor Augustus in the Italian town of Isernia. The town was conquered by the Romans in 295 B.C.E. In 90 B.C.E., it was taken over by the Samnites, and then fell back into Roman control. |
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Pregnant mummy found
![]() | A pregnant mummy has been found. "Scribe, priest of Horus-Thoth worshiped as a visiting deity in the Mount of Djeme, royal governor of the town of Petmiten, Hor-Djehuty, justified by voice, son of Padiamonemipet and lady of a house Tanetmin," the translation read. |
| She died just over 2,000 years ago, in the first century BCE, between the ages of 20 and 30. |
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