While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered ...
There were 22 gold objects, in addition to other impressive grave goods, buried with the deceased, indicating they were ...
Across Europe, archaeologists have discovered over a hundred mysterious bronze objects from the Roman Empire - each perfectly ...
A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...
Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...
The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made ...
During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...
Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by his bodyguards, the praetorians; and Geta was murdered by his brother ...
A discovery in Sardinia reveals up to 50,000 intact Roman coins, prompting research into trade, shipwrecks, and Mediterranean ...
The Roman Empire might have been bigger than we first thought. The uncovering of a hidden road network demonstrates the ...