Looting Roman and Etruscan treasures
The looting of Roman and Etruscan treasures by so-called Tombaroli in Italy is now being fought by the Italian police but with mixed results
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How a horse became a Roman senator!
The emperor Caligula made his favourite horse Incitatus a Roman senator but was it an act of madness or a political statement?
Jesus Christ – man or myth?
Jesus Christ is often assumed to be a real historical figure but many academics question this assumption with some believing he wasn’t a man but a myth. This especially divides agnostics into historicists and mythicists. Both sides don’t believe he was the Son of God or a supernatural being. But they are bitterly divided over…
When the Roman Empire lost battles
The Roman Empire didn’t always win its battles and wars as Tony McMahon discovers – sometimes they lost very badly
Metal detector treasure hunting comeback!
etal detector enthusiasts have discovered lots of historical artefacts but new legislation means that treasure will have to be handed over
The Roman Colosseum – arena of death!
The Roman Colosseum was an arena of death in the centre of Rome where public executions and gladiatorial combats were held for hundreds of years
Grave robbers through the centuries
Grave robbers have been desecrating tombs throughout history but as Tony McMahon discovers it’s often for very different reasons
Coronavirus – lessons of past plagues
Tony McMahon looks at the history of viruses in human history and how they have shaped our evolution and society
Berlin museums shut because of Coronavirus, however…
Tony McMahon visited the Pergamon Museum in Berlin just before it shut because of the Coronavirus and captured amazing footage of this Roman gateway
Ancient bog body murder mystery
Bog bodies are the well preserved remains of sacrificial victims placed in peat bogs by our ancestors
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