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Lost mosaic shows first visual depiction of women fighting beasts in Roman arenas - study

The mosaic, recovered in 1860s Reims, France and dated to the third century CE, shows about 35 different gladiatorial and hunting scenes, each surrounded by diamond or square-shaped decorations.

(a) Section of the mosaic showing the leopard and the woman. (b) Section of the mosaic showing the venator with the pole, the leopard, and the woman.
THE GRAVE of Pvt. Sam Greyman in the British military cemetery in Jerusalem. Pvt. Greyman was shot by a Turkish sniper as he tried to protect the British camp near Umm esh Shert Ford on September 8, 1918, at 27 years old.

'Post' writer rediscovers grave of fallen British World War I hero in Jerusalem

Bottle on a beach. Illustration.

Messages in bottles from WWI Aussie soldiers wash up on Western Australia beach after 107 years

 Diver purchases 3,300-ton WWI shipwreck off Cornwall for £300 via Facebook

Diver purchases 3,300-ton WWI shipwreck off Cornwall for £300 via Facebook


Remains of 22 WWI soldiers exhumed in Ypres

Rare international excavation recovers fallen soldiers and artifacts from WWI battlefield.

 Remains of 22 WWI soldiers exhumed in Ypres.

Morocco identifies preliminary sites of nine WWI shipwrecks off southern coast

The shipwrecks are vessels from Japan, Norway, France, England, Portugal, and Italy.

 A shipwreck from World War I. The ship was used during Gallipoli Campaign by British Troops in Turkey. Archaeonavall.

Pre-Oct. 7 Hamas plan revealed: Dig up WWI, WWII graves and blackmail Britain - report

Hamas planned to extort Britain with the bodies, intending to claim a payment and have Britain retract Liz Truss's comments on an embassy in Jerusalem.

A Palestinian police man walks between the graves of thousands of allied soldiers who died in the bloody Battle of Gaza during World War One at the Commonwealth War Gaza Cemetery in the Gaza Strip. More than 3,000 fallen soldiers came from Britain, New Zealand, India, South Africa and the West Indie

Anti-Israel activists deface WWI, Civil War memorials, burn US flag

Anti-Israel activists vandalized American war memorials during a New York protest, burning the flag. Mayor condemned vandalism, offering rewards for arrests.

 Memorial statue defaced by anti-Israel activists in New York. (Illustrative) Uploaded on 8/5/2024

On This Day: WWI's 1914 Christmas Truce begins

Soldiers stopped fighting on multiple battlefields on Christmas Eve in an improvised truce that lasted the whole of Christmas.

 British and German soldiers play soccer together during the WWI Christmas Truce of 1914.

How much alcohol did British soldiers drink while stationed in Israel during WWI?

Hundreds of glass alcohol bottles from a World War I British army camp were uncovered in an archeological dig near Ramle, suggesting that the British soldiers loved their booze.

A bottle of Gordon's Dry Gin found a the site of the archeological dig near Ramle

Back to roots for the bar mitzvah boy: A memorable visit to Beit Hagdudim

The Jewish Battalions Museum in Avichail has meaningful memories.

THE SANCTUARY at Beth Hagdudim

Islamic State claims responsibility for Saudi Arabia attack

The attack on a non-Muslim cemetery in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah wounded several people commemorating World War I.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

‘1917’ a stark, breathtaking World War I film

Sam Mendes’s 1917 is nothing short of astonishing. Designed as two extraordinarily long, unbroken shots, the film is a stunning feat of cinematography.

1917’ a stark,  breathtaking  World War I film

Middle Israel: Lessons from a great war’s disastrous peace

A century since the Treaty of Versailles, Europe is steadily returning to the role of global powder keg.

THE SIGNING of the Versailles Treaty is portrayed – the ill spirits are back.