Dec 20
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
A recent surprise discovery has shed light on the gruesome execution practice of Roman crucifixion. As first reported in the magazine British Archaeology, a team excavating […]
Nov 10
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
A Crusader sword discovered off of the cost of Israel on the seafloor by a diver was handed over to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). […]
Aug 9
By: Jonathan Laden
Before Mt. Vesuvius erupted, the city of Pompeii housed 10,000 to 20,000 people, including many wealthy Romans who owned summer homes there. Among the other […]
Jun 8
By: Marek Dospěl
The enduring COVID-19 global crisis has demonstrated in plentiful ways that such catastrophic events as pandemics are able to not only shape human history but […]
Mar 1
By: Jonathan Laden
An intact processional chariot discovered in the suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, north of the city. It was found in a portico across from a stable where the remains of three horses were discovered in 2018, including one still in its harness. Also found were the iron components, tin and bronze decorations, imprints of organic materials, from ropes and remains of floral decorations, and mineralized wooden remains.
Jul 31
By: Marek Dospěl
The earliest examples of demonstrably Christian art come from the catacombs, or burial chambers dug in a maze of underground galleries. Historians of art find […]
Jul 20
By: Marek Dospěl
The ancient oasis city of Palmyra—located northeast of Damascus in present-day Syria—abounds with archaeological treasures of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Owing to its crucial […]
Feb 5
By: Jonathan Laden
Scholars have long debated whether there were many survivors of the volcanic eruption in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Steven L. Tuck finds the survivors.
Jan 22
By: Jonathan Laden
As announced by the Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, using magnetometer surveys, a joint German-Tunisian team has completed a mapping of the city of Meninx. During the Roman Empire, Meninx was an important port off the coast of North Africa, with trading ties to Italy Spain, Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt.
Dec 9
By: Jonathan Laden
For thousands of years, different peoples have interacted with each other by fighting wars and also by trading. In addition to the conquests that built […]
