Ancient rome
Archaeologists Unearth Roman Horse Cemetery With 100 Skeletons
“The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse” is a saying that holds true for the ...
Mass Grave of 150 Roman Soldiers Found Under Vienna Sports Field
Sometime between the mid-first century and early second century CE, Roman legionaries clashed with Germanic fighters near the Danube River ...
How Mount Vesuvius Locked This Roman’s Brain in Time
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius erupted, swallowing the nearby Roman towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii in a superheated cloud ...
1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals Gripping Case About Roman Tax Fraud and Forgery
In 2014, a researcher realized that the longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judaean Desert was not what it ...
Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Mask Mould Believed to Depict Medusa
A familiar face has resurfaced from the ruins of an ancient Greek city in Italy. Archaeologists in Sicily have discovered ...
Mysterious Red-Painted Dog Penis Bone Found in Ancient Roman Shaft
Discovering bones in ancient Roman quarry shafts is not unusual—finding a hand-painted dog penis bone, however, is. Bioarchaeologist Ellen Green ...
