Ancient Rome
Nov 3
Roman Soldiers Buried in a Croatian Well
Editor’s Note: The following article contains photos of human remains. Before the construction of a new university library in Osijek, Croatia, excavations revealed a startlingly […]
Oct 8
Thrown in a Late Roman Jail
Although jails of various sorts would have been as normal in the Roman Empire as they are today, archaeologists have discovered fewer than you might […]
Oct 6
Adriatic Shipwreck Reveals Details of Roman Trade
Excavators with Croatia’s International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar have spent years carefully excavating a well-preserved Roman merchant ship that sank in Barbir Bay, […]
Sep 22
Medusa in an Etruscan Tomb
During routine conservation work at the Palazzone necropolis, outside of Perugia in central Italy, archaeologists made a fascinating discovery: a burial urn decorated with the […]
Sep 15
Tracing the Justinian Plague
The Justinian Plague (c. 541–750 CE) was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. The Byzantine chronicler Procopius recorded that the plague claimed the […]
Sep 12
Pompeii Reborn
The Pompeii Archaeological Park is launching a 100-million-euro project aimed at regenerating the archaeological and urban landscape of the ancient Roman city. As well as […]
Sep 8
The Bacchic Cult at Pompeii
While carrying out excavations at the archaeological site of Pompeii in Italy, archaeologists uncovered a large banqueting room painted with a nearly life-size frieze of […]
Sep 5
Besieging Masada
The first-century CE siege of Masada is one of the most famous sieges in the history of Judah. Despite this, little is actually known about […]
Aug 27
Myth and Marble
By: BAS Staff
Through January 25, 2026 Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas kimbellart.org Highlights of the famed Torlonia Collection of ancient Roman sculpture are currently on display […]
Aug 13
Is the World’s Oldest House Church in Dura-Europos?
Once an impressive stronghold of the Roman Empire, the city of Dura-Europos, located along the banks of the Euphrates River in eastern Syria, is a […]
