Smithsonian Magazine on MSN15h
A Stunning Collection of Rarely Seen Ancient Roman Sculptures Is Coming to North America for the First Time
The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...
The Times of Israel38m
Roman-era Jewish bath in Italy may be oldest outside of Israel, points to vibrant Diaspora
A newly excavated site in Ostia Antica, dating as early as the 3rd century CE, offers fresh insight and new enigmas about the ...
All That's Interesting on MSN18h
Ancient Roman Gossip Book Makes The Bestseller List 2,000 Years After Its Original Publication
Nearly 2,000 years after the Roman historian Suetonius wrote "The Lives of the Caesars" in the second century C.E., his work ...
‘Loved’ infant twins found in ‘rare’ burial in Roman cemetery in Croatia. ‘Poignant’
The site became known as the Dragulin villa cemetery, part of the Tragurium communal necropolis in the Roman city of ...
Greek Reporter9d
From the Roman Empire to the Roman Catholic Church
When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.
Bell of Lost Souls22h
Party Like It’s 44 BCE With These Roman Empire Games
If you're looking for a reason to make this Ides of March into a vaguely themed game night, these games will be your new ...
Greek Reporter2d
Ancient Book Becomes a Bestseller 2,000 Years After Its First Publication
An ancient book about Roman emperors has become a modern bestseller, captivating readers with its timeless stories of power ...
Daily Mail7d
Archaeologists find lost city that rewrites ancient Rome's collapse
The excavation of an ancient Roman city has rewritten the history of the Empire's collapse, archaeologists say. A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge completed a 13-year dig at ...
Miami Herald on MSN8d
‘Rare’ ancient Roman item found buried under 1,800-year-old fence in Scotland. See it
Sifting through the dark brown soil of southwestern Scotland, archaeologists unearthed a “rare” and “visually striking” Roman ...
National Geographic news8d
The hidden meaning behind Rome's famous arch monuments
It is a victory for the Roman triumphal arch that the monument’s influence survived long after the empire itself. (The obelisk is an ancient Egyptian architectural feat. So why are so few in Egypt?) ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN11d
Submerged Roman-era villa emerges from Lake Fusaro, stuns archaeologists
In the age of the Roman Empire, the Roman elite built mansions, or villas, around Lake Fusaro because of its hot springs and ...