Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

Austrian ruins previously known as the Desolate Castle were actually once a Roman bridgehead fort ... or tower—was the subject of recent archaeological work. The well-preserved, nearly nine ...

The findings offer a “rare and touching testimony to the memory of these fighters in the society of the era,” according to the Facebook page of the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts ...

As crews in Rome were excavating the archaeological area of the Tombe di Via Latina during work at the Basilica of Santo Stefano, they found the head of a Roman-era stone statue amidst the ...

the discovery adds a fresh twist to Roman history as the individual may have been involved in a cult-like burial ceremony. The new discovery was announced by Superintendence of Archaeology ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

“Within the context of Roman acts of war, there are no comparable finds of fighters," said Michaela Binder, who led the archaeological dig. "There are huge battlefields in Germany where weapons ...

She made the discovery after immersing herself in the works of Roman writers like Cicero and inscriptions on ancient Greek temples. In Delos, Greece, temple inscriptions show that some statues ...

Stamped Roman bricks of the XIV and XV legionary units, found near Carnuntum, Austria ...

St Albans and surrounding areas are full of reminders of the ancient past - including the remains of the Roman town of Verulamium. We looked at some of the important archaeological discoveries ...

Examinations have shown that the dead in the mass grave were exclusively male, with an average height of about 5 feet, 7 inches (1.7 meters)—a few inches taller than the average Roman legionary ...