Archaeologists in Cologne, Germany have made a jaw-dropping discovery beneath the city’s historic center: a 2,000-year-old Roman altar and staircase hidden beneath urban streets, in a place where it ...
A scientist who figured out the secret behind ancient Rome's self-repairing concrete has recently confirmed his theory at a ...
The year 476 AD is often described as the moment the Roman Empire fell. But what actually happened? Romulus Augustus was deposed by Odoacer, a Germanic general serving within the Roman system. The ...
Two Mithraic Roman altars are to be displayed as a part of an upcoming exhibition after being acquired for the nation.
How often do you think about the Roman Empire? For a team of international researchers who went all in and mapped the ancient Roman road system, the answer — truly — is every day. And now, anyone can ...
In 122 AD, Roman emperor Hadrian ordered the building of a wall to mark his empire’s British frontier. How long did it take ...
Ancient Rome didn’t abandon its gods overnight. The rise of Christianity was a slow transformation of the cult-based religious order that had structured Roman life for centuries ...
Excavated at Inveresk in East Lothian, the altars date to around 140AD, a period when southern Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius. Curators believe they offer fresh insights into the beliefs ...
A Norwegian archaeologist believes that the Norwegians were on their way to the Roman Empire as mercenaries around the year ...