Jul 5, 2021 by News Staff

A sandstone relief which depicts a horseman has been uncovered during at the site of Vindolanda, an ancient Roman military fort and settlement on Hadrian’s...

Jun 8, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman basilica complex in the Tel Ashkelon National Park, Israel. Aerial view of the Roman...

May 10, 2021 by News Staff

The bronze lamp, shaped like a grotesque face that is cut in half, was intentionally deposited in the foundations of a building about 1,900 years ago as...

Mar 15, 2021 by News Staff

A team of researchers from University College London and the Cyprus Institute’s Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center has...

Feb 17, 2021 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from DigVentures has uncovered the remains of at least 15 roundhouses dating from 400 to 100 BCE and the remains of a large Roman...

Feb 16, 2021 by News Staff

The obverse of the 1,800-year-old bronze coin bears the head of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. The 1,800-year-old Roman bronze coin. Image credit: Nir...

Feb 11, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Hundreds of silver coins dating to the first century BCE have been unearthed by archaeologists from Pamukkale University. The 2,100-year-old silver coins...

Jan 4, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered an ancient ceramic oil-lamp workshop near Beit Nattif, a village about 20 km (12.4...

Dec 27, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have unearthed a frescoed thermopolium (a hot-food-drink shop) in Pompeii, an ancient Roman city frozen in time after the catastrophic eruption...

Dec 22, 2020 by News Staff

Using different remote sensing techniques and open access datasets (mainly aerial photography, satellite imagery, and airborne LiDAR), an international...

Nov 24, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The restoration of an ancient Egyptian temple in Esna, located about 60 km south of the ancient capital of Luxor in Egypt, has uncovered the original colors...

Nov 16, 2020 by News Staff

The Barbegal watermill complex, a unique cluster of 16 Roman waterwheels in southern France, was the first known attempt in Europe to set up an industrial-scale...

Jul 7, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists have found a toy mouse at the site of Vindolanda, an ancient Roman military fort and settlement on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, northern...

Jun 24, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers from Italy and France has made realistic 3D reconstructions of three wooden boats from the ancient Roman port of Ostia. 3D reconstructions...

Jun 9, 2020 by News Staff

The first high-resolution ground-penetrating radar survey of a complete ancient Roman town — Falerii Novi, in Lazio, Italy — has revealed previously...

May 15, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a rare bronze coin from the period of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. The obverse of this...

Jan 3, 2020 by Sergio Prostak

A Roman merchant ship and its amphorae cargo have been found lying at the bottom of Ionian Sea, the eastern Mediterranean, around 2,000 years after it...

Oct 22, 2019 by News Staff

For over a century, excavations in Jerusalem have been uncovering segments of the city’s Roman-period network of streets, particularly the so-called...

Sep 30, 2019 by News Staff

A group of archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology and Kier Construction has uncovered the remains of a previously unknown Roman military site —...

Mar 12, 2019 by News Staff

A group of Roman inscriptions, known as the Written Rock of Gelt, was discovered in the 18th century, but has suffered in recent years as a result of the...