Mysterious Greek Inscription May Reveal Lost Temple of a Roman Emperor

A newly analyzed Greek inscription indicates that the Great Mosque of Homs likely stands on the site of the Roman Temple of the Sun, revealing a layered history of pagan, Christian, and Islamic ...

Ancient inscription reignites debate on whether Syrian mosque stands atop Roman Emperor Elagabalus’ Temple of the Sun

A mysterious inscription sheds light on the issue of whether the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria was constructed over the ...
The Debrief

Mysterious Greek Inscription Found in a Syrian Mosque Reopens Debate Over Roman “Temple of the Sun”

A mysterious inscription within the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria is raising new questions over the location of the Roman ...
Newsweek

Mysterious Inscription Reignites Debate Over Roman Emperor’s Lost Temple

Debate over the location of a long-lost temple has been rekindled by the discovery of a mysterious inscription at the base of a column in the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Homs, Syria. Known in antiquity ...
Yahoo

A Newly Discovered Tomb Inscription Rewrites What We Know About the Roman Military

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A funerary stele discovered in Spain shows Roman auxiliary cavalry unit movements from the first century C.E. Tied to the Julio-Claudian period, the ...

Archaeologists have reported the discovery of 34 Roman tombs in Romania.

In Constanta, Romania, archaeologists have discovered 34 tombs from the Roman period, a rare Greek inscription from the 3rd ...
La Brújula Verde

34 Roman Tombs, Catacombs, and a Greek Inscription Discovered in Constanța, the City Where the Poet Ovid Died in Romania

The Muzeul de Istorie Națională și Arheologie Constanța (MINAC) has released a detailed report on the preventive archaeological intervention conducted in connection with the new hospital project, an o ...