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The portrait hung above the family TV for 50 years before they realized it might be Shakespeare.
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X-ray scans of the Wadlow Shakespeare portrait reveal details beneath several areas of overpaint.
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A professor seeks to prove Arthurian legends have roots in actual British history.
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Experts search for evidence that female gladiators once existed in Ancient Rome.
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Did Juvenal’s mockery prove female gladiators existed?
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The ban hints at moral panic, and possibly the clearest proof that female gladiators truly existed.
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Martial described gladiatorial combat and hinted women fought—but can hand-copied texts be trusted?
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A Roman oil lamp shows two female gladiators fighting like men—strong visual proof women fought.
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This rare depiction may be the greatest surviving monument to women in the Roman arena.
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Did Cirencester remain the center of a prosperous post-Roman kingdom in the time of King Arthur?
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New dating shows a Roman villa mosaic was laid in the 5th century, reshaping post-Roman Britain.
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Iron smelting at a temple site may have inspired the legend of King Arthur’s sword, Excalibur.
