The tablets were purposefully thrown in a well to obscure what was written on them, but there were still impressions on the ...

Roman Towns Where You Can Still Walk Ancient Streets ...

The House of the Griffins and its frescoes can now be explored via an onsite virtual tour into otherwise off-limits ...

Soar above the ancient beating heart of the Roman Empire with this breathtaking drone video of the Roman Forum (Foro Romano). Witness the majestic ruins of what was once the center of Western ...

"It is a sensational finding ... something that our grandchildren will be talking about," Italian Culture Minister Alessandro ...

Filmmaker Haile Gerima, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of the L.A. Rebellion movement, is officially making his ...

This marks another milestone for Roman-period archaeology in Hesse: The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Swiss National Science Foundation ...

Roman “wax tablets” were wooden frames holding a thin layer of wax used like a reusable notepad. The wax is gone in the Tongeren material, but stylus pressure sometimes bit deep enough to leave ...

Before the Roman Empire began building massive structures, a vast stone water basin was built in nearby city of Gabii ...

It is remarkable what, with enough ingenuity, can be gleaned from the most unpromising of materials – such as Roman limescale. That’s what a team based in Germany has been studying, and they have used ...

Several years ago, construction work for a new school in Frankfurt led to a discovery of regional importance: a large Roman sanctuary. This was followed by extensive excavations carried out by ...