🎬🏗️ Progress in Motion at the Myrtle Carter Henry Amphitheater 🏗️🎬 Take a look at the exciting work currently underway at the Myrtle Carter Henry Amphitheater on the Nash Community College campus. Made possible by a grant awarded in 2001 from the DeLeon Carter Foundation, the amphitheater has long served as a gathering place for campus and community events. Over the past few months, the college has been working to enhance the space with the installation of a new Amphitheater Stage Cover, hel

In the roaring amphitheaters of Rome, the gladiator’s body wasn’t carved for admiration — it was engineered for survival. Bioarchaeological studies from the gladiator cemetery of Ephesus have shattered the myth of the chiseled, godlike warrior. The men who fought for fame and freedom often carried a visible layer of fat — not as a flaw, but as a shield. This “living armor” protected them in ways muscle could not: cushioning against deep cuts, slowing blood loss, and granting precious minutes in