This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

More than 5,000 years ago, in ancient Egypt, a mixture of silica, lime, copper, and an alkali was heated, resulting in a bright blue compound known as calcium copper silicate. This striking, vibrant ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance ... donuts positioned on a pink and blue background. Like many of the world's resources ...

One particular find — a bright blue chunk — caught their attention and turned out to be a rare ancient material. Archaeologists sifted through the ruins of the Domus Aurea, also known as the ...