Undiscovered Roman treasure discovered from 1,600-year-old Shipwreck
A pair of divers have uncovered a massive underwater treasure trove, replete with bronze statues, intricate figurines, and thousands of coins, hidden inside a 1,600-year-old merchant shipwreck in…
An Unbreakable Story: The lost Roman invention of flexible glass
Imagine a glass you can bend and then watch it return to its original form. A glass that you drop but it doesn’t break. Stories say that…
Mystery of Jupiter’s column found in Roman well in Germany
The Rhineland Regional Council (LVR) has uncovered another Roman well with remarkable finds on the edge of the Hambach open-cast mine near Kerpen-Manheim in the Rhine-Erft district….
Ancient Roman soldier’s remains were uncovered in Israel in a 1,700-year-old cooking pot
The remains of an ancient Roman soldier have been found in a 1,700-year-old cooking pot at a huge Roman camp in Israel. Archaeologists suggest that the camp…
Archaeology: A 1,500-year-old intestinal parasite was found in a Roman “PORTALOO”crusty “‘s substance”
New research published today in the Journal of Archeaological Science Reports reveals how archeologists can determine when a pot was used by Romans as a portable toilet, known as a chamber…
Discover Stonehenge’s mysterious Bluestone Trails, which were found beneath the Roman Road
An Oxford University archaeologist exploring the Welsh countryside has discovered an ancient Roman road in Wales. He believes it might be the lost route upon which the…
In Italy’s Urbania, four early Roman imperial graves were found
Roman burials have been unearthed in Urbania (in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region of Marche), in the locality of Muraglione, during excavation…
Denarii silver content reveals new facts about Roman financial crisis
In the early first century BC, the Roman Republic experienced a multiyear financial crisis, which we can call “Roman inflation.” But while scholars knew that some kind…
Ancient Roman tech exists for making a seismic invisibility cloak to surround monuments
A team of civil engineers in France have revealed that the Romans had ancient technology for building structures that acted like modern-day electromagnetic cloaking devices. The pattern…
Pompeii: Well-preserved llaves found’ Room Provides “Rare” View into Roman Life
Ella IDE Pompeii archaeologists announced Saturday the discovery of the remnants of a “slave room” in an exceedingly unusual find at a Roman house devastated over 2,000 years ago…