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Egypt’s towering pyramids, lavish tombs hidden in hillsides, and glorious art treasures.
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Artifacts from the Stone Age offer a peek into these people’s lives and deaths.
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Rome’s Altar of Peace and the Trophy of the Alps are fine examples of art as propaganda.
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We’ll visit the studio of a modern-day marble sculptor in Florence.
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Much of the “art and architecture” of ancient Rome could be found in its infrastructure.
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A local guide brings the Roman Forum to life with her vivid description.
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The ancient city of Ephesus offers temples, a towering library, and an impressive theater.
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Roman sculptors specialized in ultra-realistic, warts-and-all portrait busts.
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The Pantheon gives us a feel for the magnificence of Roman engineering and aesthetics.
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The Parthenon and Temple of Concordia trumpet the sophistication of ancient Greek society.
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The impact Greece had on Rome can be seen clearly in Roman art and architecture.
