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The Greek myths about societies of warrior women called Amazons have fascinated and mystified generations of scholars. Amazon fighting skills equaled that

When a 9th-century woman cut of her nose to avoid being ravished by marauding Vikings, little did she know that she would inspire a saying still in use today.

The Romanian National History Museum in Bucharest recently opened a special exhibition, The Svesani Treasure: the Gold of the South Danube Dacians. It resumes the history museum cooperation in archaeology between Romania and its neighboring Bulgaria.     The Svestari Treasure, located in northeast Bulgaria, was discovered in November 2012 in the tumumuls necropolis of a fortified city, built in the 6th century BCE. We spoke about this collaboration with the manager of the history muse...

Pergamon: One Of The Best-preserved Ancient World Cities One of the best-preserved cities of the ancient world, Pergamon sits near modern-day Turkeys west coast next to the city known as Bergama. Pergamon was a prosperous, cosmopolitan city that flourished in antiquity starting with King Lysimachus who ruled from 301 – 281 BC. It became the capital of the kingdom of Pergamon after the fall of the Lysimachian Empire. Then, the Attalid dynasty ruled Pergamon from 281 – 133 BC. It remained a...