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Is this 1,800-year-old mosaic the first known image of a woman fighting wild beasts in an ancient Roman arena?
A researcher may have identified a depiction of a female hunter—known as a venatrix—in an ancient Roman mosaic. According to ...
An ancient Roman complex discovered in France near Marseille exposes a thriving settlement complete with a hypocaust ...
Archaeologists discovered an ancient Roman necropolis tucked under the dense urban core of Zadar, Croatia. Experts believe ...
Battlescars etched into the stone walls of Pompeii may offer the first known evidence of a mechanical weapon that was ...
Archaeologists in the Netherlands recently discovered a sizable conversation starter tucked away in a forgotten storage box.
A massive Roman burial site with 3,000 tombs, which was used for 500 years, has been uncovered beneath a city. It has ...
In theory, putting down the rebels of the First Jewish Revolt should have been easy for the mighty Roman empire. But ...
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We now know what ancient Roman religious rituals smelled like: "It's an invitation to the gods and it's also kind of a purification"
The residents of ancient Pompeii performed regular religious rituals using fancy imported incense resins that came from far beyond the borders of the Roman Empire. These sacrificial offerings are ...
A new chemical and microscopic analysis of Pompeii residues documents a sacrificial rite that had only been previously ...
A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for researchers of Roman history. Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the ...
A hidden Roman sanctuary discovered beneath Frankfurt is offering rare clues about ancient rituals, including possible human ...
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