ROME — A 2,000-year-old skeleton belonged to a senior Roman soldier who was likely sent on a rescue mission to the doomed towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum as Mount Vesuvius erupted, scientists have ...
Today's Object of the Week reveals how one County Durham man’s long‑forgotten military career reshapes what we know about ...
In an area already protected by ministerial archaeological restrictions due to the density of ancient testimonies scattered around Punta Sarparella, in Bacoli, from the entrance to the Roman theater ...
OXFORD archaeologists have discovered approximately 40 decapitated skeletons in a large Roman cemetery. The bodies are among 425 exhumed by HS2 archaeologists at the cemetery in Fleet Marston, ...
Greek inventor Archimedes is said to have used mirrors to burn ships of an attacking Roman fleet. But new research suggests he may have used steam cannons and fiery cannonballs instead. A legend begun ...
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