Ancient DNA Analysis Shows How The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire Shifted Populations In The Balkans Despite the Roman Empire’s extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic evidence of Iron Age Italian … Read more
More Than 2,000 Seal Impressions Found In The Ancient City Of Doliche Archaeologists from the Asia Minor Research Center have made a new discovery in ancient Doliche. They found more than two thousand seal impressions during recent excavations. Doliche (Greek:Δολίχη) was an ancient Greek city founded in the second century BC and is located in the present-day … Read more
Huge Ancient Sarayini Underground City Is Twice As Large As Previously Thought The ‘world’s most advanced’ ancient underground city, kitted out with modern stoves and cellars, has been unearthed for the first time. Turkish archaeologists discovered the long-lost complex that is believed to have been used as a sanctuary during the Roman Empire. Named Sarayini, the … Read more
Remarkable Discovery: Ancient Roman Temple Unearthed Beneath Supermarket Site in Sarsina Sarsina is a sleepy, rural town of barely 3,000 residents straddling the pristine Apennine mountains in Italy’s Emilia Romagna region, surrounded by stunning views and grazing sheep. While it has a glorious past, as a strategic defensive outpost for the Roman Empire and the … Read more
8-year-old boy unearths 1800-Year-Old Roman Coin Found in German School Playground A nine-year-old boy in Germany has made a remarkable discovery while playing in a sandbox: a rare 1800-year-old Roman coin. The child, named Bjarne, discovered the object in August 2022 while playing in the sandbox of the elementary school in the city of Bremen. … Read more
Roman fragments offer glimpse of emperor Hadrian’s daily events calendar The Roman emperor Hadrian has quite the legacy. Known as one of Rome’s “Five Good Emperors” and later remembered by historians as a “benevolent dictator,” his renown stems from his various travels throughout his roughly two-decade reign and the numerous civil and military construction projects … Read more
Serbian Coal Mine Uncovers Ancient Roman Boat From Empire’s Frontier Coal miners in Serbia have discovered the remains of a large wooden boat likely used by the Romans to supply a nearby city and military headquarters on the empire’s frontier. Archaeologists are waiting for radiocarbon dates of wood from the remains, but they think it … Read more
Archaeologists Unearth Exquisite Roman Mosaic Featuring Medusa’s Enigmatic Visage in Spain’s Mérida Archaeologists in Spain recently made an “excepcional” — which translates to exceptional— discovery: an ancient Roman mosaic floor that includes a depiction of Medusa’s head. The intricate mosaic was unearthed during excavations at the La Huerta de Otero archaeological zone, the Mérida City … Read more
Remains of Ritual Meal Found at Pompeii’s Temple of Isis Archaeologists excavating the Temple of Isis in Pompeii have discovered the remains of a ritual banquet where dozens of birds were eaten, possibly to placate the goddess after her temple was downsized. The find shows the importance of birds to worshippers of Isis, an Egyptian … Read more
A Trove of 175 Roman Coins, Hidden for 2,000 Years, Was Found in an Italian Forest A hoard of 175 silver coins unearthed in a forest in Italy may have been buried for safe keeping during a Roman civil war. The coins seem to date from 82 B.C., the year the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla … Read more