Historyfromwww.theguardian.com2 weeks agoRoman grave marker found in New Orleans yard left there by US soldier's granddaughterA 1,900-year-old Roman grave marker found in a New Orleans backyard had been inherited from a US soldier who served in Italy during WWII.
HistoryfromMedievalists.net1 month agoThe Medieval Chinese Origins of Venice's Winged Lion Revealed - Medievalists.netThe bronze Winged Lion in Piazza San Marco was originally cast in Tang Dynasty China as a funerary guardian and later modified in Europe to become Venice's emblem.
World newsfromenglish.elpais.com1 month agoChilean returns piece of 6th-century BC temple to Greece: It was just another ornament in the house'A Chilean man returned a small carved Parthenon marble fragment, inherited from his father, to Greek authorities after confirming its provenance.