Archaeologists have recently uncovered a large Gallo-Roman necropolis in southwest France. Located just 800 feet from the Roman amphitheater in Saintes, the cemetery may have been the final resting ...
For years, a cluster of enigmatic hollows near Stonehenge puzzled researchers and visitors alike. Now, a suite of new ...
New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...
The Independent reports that archaeologists have discovered infant skeletons from the Roman period bearing significant "negative health markers," pointing to widespread suffering among urban ...
Since the Romans themselves wrote about the subject, we have a clear idea of the good things they did for Britain. Roads, towns, stone and brick buildings, plumbing, writing (IOUs), vineyards and ...
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, ...
Roman military officers stationed in Egypt kept pet monkeys imported from India as a symbol of wealth, according to a new ...
Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 ...
The fingerprints and hand marks reveal the close, personal contact the Romans had with their dead, according to Carroll.
New research suggests that the illustrations may have been based on "Phrygians," a tragedy by the Athenian playwright ...
“We don't really know at what point Celtic emerged. The earliest extant texts in a Celtic language date from the early sixth ...
Experts from Teesside University have launched a pioneering research project into the Roman Empire's leather economy ...