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How Fake Coins Kept the Roman Empire’s Economy Alive in Its Decline
A recent study published in the journal Vegueta reveals how counterfeit coins were key to sustaining the economy in the final ...
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Earth Could Be Inside a Gigantic and Unsettling Cosmic Void a Billion Light-Years Across
A team of astronomers has presented a theory suggesting that Earth and our entire galaxy, the Milky Way, may be located ...
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Massive Sand Structures Discovered Beneath the North Sea Challenge Geological Principles
A team of scientists from the University of Manchester has discovered hundreds of enormous sand structures beneath the seabed of the North Sea that appear to contradict fundamental principles of ...
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“Adyton” of the Oldest Temple in Selinunte Discovered, Alongside Over 300 Objects Linked to Foundational Female Cults
Excavations at the Archaeological Park of the ancient city of Selinunte in southwestern Sicily have unearthed the adyton of ...
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Tombs with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions and a 2-Meter Sarcophagus Discovered in the Necropolis of the Aga Khan Mausoleum in Aswan
An Egyptian-Italian archaeological team has announced the discovery of several rock-cut tombs dating to the Greek and Roman ...
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Scipio’s Volunteer Veterans: The Secret Behind Rome’s Military Success in the Eastern Mediterranean
A recent study by historian Connor Beattie, published in the Journal of Ancient History, reveals a little-known but crucial ...
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The Oldest Greek Marble Altar in the Western Mediterranean Discovered at a Tartessian Site in Spain
The team from the Institute of Archaeology of Mérida (IAM, CSIC-Government of Extremadura), led by Esther Rodríguez González ...
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A Garrison of Giants at Hadrian’s Wall? Oversized Roman Footwear Found at the Magna Fort
In the defensive ditches of the Roman fort of Magna, located in Northumberland and now home to the Roman Army Museum, ...
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22 Large Blocks of the Lighthouse of Alexandria Retrieved from the Seafloor, Including Its Door Lintels
Three decades after the waters of Alexandria’s bay revealed the first submerged vestiges of the seventh wonder of the world, ...
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The Keyhole That Lets You See Three Countries in a Line from the Aventine Hill in Rome
Hidden on the peaceful Aventine Hill in Rome lies one of the city’s most curious and popular attractions: a simple keyhole.
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A Babylonian Hymn Lost for a Thousand Years, Rediscovered Thanks to Artificial Intelligence
A team of researchers led by Professor Enrique Jiménez of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) has succeeded in ...
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Two Anchor Stocks from Large Roman Cargo Ships, One with a Cathead, Recovered off the Coast of Campania
In an operation coordinated by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape of Salerno and Avellino, with ...