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What Did Ancient Rome Look Like? A 3D Virtual Tour of the City During the Second Century AD

The description “open-air museum” has often been applied, in various senses both positive and negative, to the country of Italy in general and the city of Rome in particular. Indee...

Ancient Roman building with rich mosaics unearthed in Rome park near Colosseum

Ancient mosaics, frescoes and marble floors emerge during routine works in Villa Celimontana. Archaeologists working in Rome's Villa Celimontana, a park near the Colosseum, have u...

8 Travel Destinations Ancient Romans Had on Their Bucket Lists

The ancient Romans valued travel, and visited Greek islands, the Pyramids of Giza, the Olympic Games, and various bathhouses, among other destinations.

Fly over ancient Rome as it looked in the second century

Manuel Bravo makes video tours of ancient places, and his "Virtual Rome" reconstructs the city as it stood in the second century AD, when its buildings were at their height. The ca...

Archaeologists May Have Just Uncovered A 1,900-Year Old Firefighters’ Barracks In Rome

This could have been the home of the V Cohort of the Vigiles, the firefighters and policemen of ancient Rome who were first organized under Emperor Augustus in 6 C.E. The post Arch...

Divers find 2,100-year-old Roman shipwreck off coast of Sicily

The ocean floor was piled high with hundreds of well-preserved amphorae, which were likely used to transport wine.

Loneliness before the Digital Age: How Ancient Rome invented the architecture of alienation

Before social media, there was ancient Rome, where building to separate created the first metropolis of loneliness

Solving A 1,600-Year-Old Roman Mystery: Parchment Fragments That Surprisingly Survived In The Egyptian Sands

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A Roman law expert from the University of Cincinnati has edited and translated a Latin legal text that was pieced together from fragments buried i...

An Ancient Roman Altar Dedicated To Jupiter Was Just Revealed By The Extremely Low Water Level Of The Danube River

Made of limestone and marked by several inscriptions and design flourishes, this altar was likely the gift of a soldier or government official, a theory bolstered by the fact that...

Ancient Roman shipwreck discovered off Italian coast

A Roman-era shipwreck that has remained untouched on the seabed for more than 2,000 years has been uncovered by divers off the coast of Sicily, police on the Mediterranean island s...

Highway Construction In England Just Turned Up An Ancient Roman Nail Cleaner With A Copper Phallus For A Handle

The nail cleaner dates to between 300 and 400 C.E., when Britain was part of the Roman Empire — and phalluses were seen as good luck charms, not obscene symbols. The post Highway C...

What Ancient Romans Really Watched at the Colosseum — It Wasn’t Just Gladiator Fights

The Romans had a knack for transforming ordinary duels into elaborately staged spectacles.

Possible Roman Firefighters' Barracks Located on Caelian Hill

ROME, ITALY—Reuters reports that excavations in Rome's Villa Celimontana Park unearthed frescoes and mosaics belonging […] The post Possible Roman Firefighters' Barracks Located on...

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Roman shipwreck laden with ancient amphorae found off Sicily coast

2,100-year-old shipwreck hailed as one of Italy's most important underwater discoveries in years. Italian authorities have announced the discovery of a Roman-era shipwreck off the...

Roman wreck found off Sicily

Italian divers have discovered the 2,100-year-old wreck of a Roman ship off Sicily, piled high with hundreds of well-preserved amphorae. The wreck, dubbed by Italy's Culture Minist...

Ancient Romans Recorded Metallic Objects Moving Through The Sky. Could They Have Been UFOs?

There are reports of ancient Romans seeing mysterious objects fly through the skies, including phantom ships, silver rain, and even entire armies. The post Ancient Romans Recorded...

Roman Villa Featured Oldest Known Library in Iberia

GRANADA, SPAIN––La Brújula Verde reports that University of Granada researchers identified the oldest known library […] The post Roman Villa Featured Oldest Known Library in Iberia...

Ancient Roman Firefighters May Have Waited for Alarms Among Lavish Mosaics

Learn how archaeologists uncovered a building with mosaics and frescoes near Rome’s Colosseum that may have served as barracks for ancient Roman firefighters.

Ancient Roman pottery discovered in shipwreck off Sicilian coast – video

Italy's Carabinieri cultural protection unit has discovered the wreck of a Roman ship off Sicily. Divers found hundreds of amphorae and parts of anchors inside the vessel, which wa...

Ancient Roman shipwreck believed more than 2,000 years old discovered off Sicily coast

The ship was found still full of well-preserved vessels used to transport ancient wine

What Breakfast Really Looked Like in Ancient Rome

What did people eat for breakfast in ancient Rome? From bread and olives to fruit, cheese, and wine, here’s how Romans started their day.

Why Rome's stray cats have a special place in the city's heart

Rome's cat sanctuaries can be found at key historic sites. Rome has a centuries-old tradition of caring for its stray cats, in a special bond that stretches back to ancient Roman...

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79-Believed until 2018 to be the date of the massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing untold thousands, lates...