While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...

Archaeologists in Italy have recently discovered ancient Roman tombs while excavating a necropolis, including one with a ...

Researchers made the “extraordinary” find while excavating a 1,600-square-foot necropolis — an ancient cemetery with ornate tomb monuments — located near the location of the ancient settlement of ...

At a site not far from an ancient forum and amphitheater once used to host Roman gladiators, archaeologists discovered an ...

Over 2,200 years ago, the Republic of Rome founded a colony called Liternum on Italy’s west coast, just north of present-day ...

The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the ...

Laura Itzkowitz The Pantheon, a former Roman temple and now a present-day ... You may want to hire a tour guide to better understand the ancient history you're seeing. Beat the crowds by visiting ...

At a site not far from an ancient forum and amphitheater once used to host Roman gladiators, archaeologists discovered an extensive necropolis that contained a tomb full of gladiator history.

Its presence in Liternum suggests that the city was home to gladiators who ... new questions about the spatial organization of the Roman colony, particularly regarding the layout of the ancient Via ...