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A Gladiator’s Marble-Etched Epitaph Is Found in an Ancient Roman Necropolis
The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.
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14,000 Ancient Roman Artifacts Were Donated To The London Museum, Along With Around $26 Million Dollars To Help Transform The Exhibition Space
In the past, there were few protocols for the proper excavation and preservation of artifacts in London, a city rich […] ...
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Discover the 14,000 Ancient Roman Artifacts Just Donated to the London Museum
London is a city of layers, where shining skyscrapers are built atop some of the city’s oldest ancient sites. Recent ...
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...
Bloomberg donates 14,000 Roman artifacts and £20 million to the London Museum
The collection includes 405 wooden Roman tablets, Britain’s largest, with London's first recorded mention and gossipy ...
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New Discovery in Egypt Unveils Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman Graves and Artifacts
An ancient military tomb and graves from the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman periods have been discovered at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, ...
Newly discovered 1,600 year-old lost Roman city reveals tragic end
Deep beneath farmland in western Bulgaria, construction workers digging a gas pipeline uncovered something extraordinary: the ...
Archaeologists Found a Lost Roman City That Was Erased for 1,600 Years
“Analysis revealed a single-layer settlement dating from the late Roman period, ending abruptly with a fire dated no earlier ...
A Metal Detectorist Went Digging for Fun—and Discovered a 2,000-Year-Old Trove of Ancient Artifacts
A metal detectorist named Peter Heads discovered an “exceptional” Iron Age hoard outside of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, UK.
Submerged ancient settlements and the paints of Pompeii: See the latest discoveries
From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological discoveries.