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Archaeologists have revitalized a Roman flower garden in Pompeii that survived an earthquake in 62 A.D. before being buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The garden was hidden for nearly 1,900 years.
Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once believed ...
This clip shows an artist designing a one-of-a-kind skateboard inspired by Roman history. Viewers see the creative process ...
A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...
A mosaic adorning the entrance to a fifth-century church in Turkey ’s ancient city of Olympus is both just the tip of the ...
An expert believes that he has rediscovered the lost Byzantine settlement of Tharais in southern Jordan. Archaeologist ...
A stash of "unusually large" 2,000-year-old shoes dug up at a Roman site in northern England has left archaeologists ...
Two rare Roman cavalry swords discovered in a Gloucestershire field have sparked the excavation of a previously unknown Iron ...
By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.
Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have ...
A volcanic eruption sank Aenaria nearly 2,000 years ago. Now, underwater tours and ongoing excavations are bringing Ischia's ...
A Roman-era bridge was discovered in the ancient city of Elefsina, west of Athens during works for a suburban railway line.