Romans
Lost mosaic shows first visual depiction of women fighting beasts in Roman arenas - study
The mosaic, recovered in 1860s Reims, France and dated to the third century CE, shows about 35 different gladiatorial and hunting scenes, each surrounded by diamond or square-shaped decorations.
Roman fort found north of Hadrian’s Wall may have been used to defend against unconquered Scotland
Children buried in 'adult warrior' bronze belts discovered in 2,500-year-old tomb in Italy
Archaeologists find evidence of postmortem 'crucifixion' in Roman burials
Ancient piggy bank: Excavation in France reveals 40,000 Roman coins from 1,700 years ago
The experts who analysed the coins believe, based on the dates on the coins, that the discovery unburied a treasure which was buried between A.D. 280 and 310.
Civil Administration recovers dozens of looted artifacts from West Bank site
A targeted operation at "Burj Lasana," in Area B, near Wadi Haramiya, recovered Crusader- and Byzantine-era items from a villa built inside the site.
Israeli archaeologists uncover remains of dramatic mountaintop royal palace
“It sheds light on the architectural style and the function of the site, which is not mentioned by Josephus, our only historical source for the period,” Dr. Raviv, director of the excavation, said.
Anno 117: Pax Romana: Embarking on an adventure in the Roman empire | Game review
The Roman-era city-building series returns upgraded, with a brilliant narrative campaign, a fleet of ships, and new military, civilian, and diplomatic units.
Putting Pompeii's pieces together, with the help of a robot
While the robotics teams worked on designing and building the system, experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning developed algorithms to reconstruct the frescoes.
Ancient Spanish skull reveals Roman campaign of intimidation, adds to sparse record of ancient war
The 2020 discovery of the skull was recently published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology, focusing on the Romans’ siege of La Loma.
All roads lead to Rome, now online: Research overturns estimates of length of imperial network
“It has come from a huge frustration. It’s the most puzzling subject in Roman archaeology… So why can’t I download all Roman roads?” said Brughmans, the project’s principal researcher.
Roman merchant shipwreck with Christian monograms off Mallorca to be extracted
Some containers display early Christian monograms, while painted inscriptions - tituli picti - list producers, contents and tax codes.
Sleeping Cupid marble sculpture discovered in Pula Roman domus on future boutique hotel site
Darko Komšo: "the second century masterpiece will be laser cleaned and then join the permanent display of the Archaeological Museum of Istria".
Rainbow leads detectorist David Moss to 15,000-Coin Roman jackpot in North Wales
Moss slept in his car for three nights to guard the pots, then drove four hours to hand the estimated 15,000 coins to National Museum Cardiff for analysis.
