The Independent reports that archaeologists have discovered infant skeletons from the Roman period bearing significant "negative health markers," pointing to widespread suffering among urban ...

The fingerprints and hand marks reveal the close, personal contact the Romans had with their dead, according to Carroll.

Lead in urban Roman infrastructure may have led to long-term impacts on the population’s health, scientists say ...

In 2020, a farmer in England's Rutland county notified authorities about the possibility that there was a Roman villa located ...

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it ...

New research suggests that the illustrations may have been based on "Phrygians," a tragedy by the Athenian playwright ...

Section of Panel 1 of the Ketton Mosaic shows Hector, prince of Troy, in his chariot. (©ULAS). A second-century Roman coin from Ilium in Turkey, labelled ‘Hector’, is an earlier example of the same ...

Yet, everything changed when archaeologists uncovered a remarkably preserved construction site in Pompeii. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the site had retained raw material piles, ...

During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...

A treasure trove of rare jewellery, pottery and some of Britain’s oldest coins have been discovered during building works for ...

Beneath an office building in London, the first Roman civic basilica appears, revealing the lost ancient town hall of ...

Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...