Roman Empire

Archaeologists have documented the remains of seven bodies dating to the fourth and fifth centuries and two skeletons from the sixth to seventh centuries.

The carved sandstone heads, thought to be around 1,800 years old, have been described as "unique and priceless" artifacts.

Researchers have found that unlike the rest of the world, the citizens of Milan have not significantly grown since the Roman Era.

The temple is "unique," an underwater archaeologist told Newsweek, the only known Nabatean temple in the Roman Empire found outside of the Nabatean territories themselves.

Researchers analyzed a set of coins found in 1713 considered by many experts to be fake, finding that they were authentic artifacts from Roman times.

The tunnel is near to the Taposiris Magna temple, which was previously found to contain coins with the images and name of Cleopatra on them.

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"I've never had anything like that condition. I just couldn't believe it," the finder told Newsweek.

"When the first flashes of color started to emerge through the soil everyone on site was very excited," site supervisor Antonietta Lerz said.

A man has been recreating ancient Roman recipes from a 4th century cookbook, including a version of "French fries and ketchup"—made with fish sauce.

Analysis suggests climate instability may have played a role in the civilization's downfall.

The first year of rule was the deadliest for Roman emperors. The risk of meeting a violent end decreased over the next seven years, plateauing and then increasing again after 12 years.

Researchers also found three almost intact World War II wrecks, including two ships and a plane.

The rare discovery of preserved wood was found during the construction of a subway line in 2014.

The pottery shards—known as ostraca—are like the "post-it notes of antiquity," according to scholar Chris Rollston.

It's not clear what the relationship between the two individuals was, but researchers speculate they could have been soldiers, relatives or even lovers.

Researchers studied garbage in the ancient city of Elusa.

The Longobards were a barbarian people who invaded and ruled over large parts of Italy for more than 200 years after the fall of Rome.

The coins could be worth millions of dollars.

What were they fighting about? And why were their bones moved after their death?

The 2,000-year-old gloves don't appear like you would imagine.

The mosaic's multicolored patterns were painstakingly composed of tiny stones—about 3,000 of them per square foot.

"It's probably the single most important object that we found."

There may have been antimony lurking in the Roman town's water.

Archaeologists uncovered a golden ring, bronze leaves and other rare artefacts.

The cemetery, dating from the first and second centuries A.D., was discovered among the ruins of the Roman port town of Berenike.

Off the coast of Bulgaria, where ships from the Roman Empire, Byzantium and Ottoman ports once docked, dozens of old ships sit preserved in low-oxygen waters.

The study found that warming on this scale is "unprecedented" and the result of human influence.

There are many classical precedents for current anti-immigrant and anti-foreigner fervor.

Jesus's death on the cross, though a singular event for Christians, was just one example of the Roman Empire's many gruesome, grisly and public tools of torture.