Archaeologists have unearthed what may be the first known infant burial ever found in a Roman military camp in Iberia, which provides valuable insight into the blending of life, law, and ritual activity within the Roman military. The study, published in Childhood in the Past and led by Marta Fernández-Viejo of León University and Burgos […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have uncovered a stunning Roman-era stele in the city of Manbij, east of Aleppo in northern Syria. The stone, carved out of heavy black basalt, bears an eagle spreading its wings and clutching a wreath in its talons, along with a Greek inscription. Experts theorize that the 2,000-year-old piece might have served as a […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Three meters underwater in the Gulf of Naples, archaeologists found a remarkably preserved Roman bathhouse in the submerged ruins of Baiae, the Roman Empire’s most notorious resort. The discovery, in Zone B of the Parco Archeologico Sommerso di Baia, could be the first physical evidence of the villa of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the famous Roman […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
The African Emperor: The Life of Septimius Severus is archaeologist Simon Elliot‘s comprehensive account of a great emperor, the first African to rule the Roman Empire. Publisher: Icon Books Publication date: 11 September 2025 Language: English Pages: 320 ISBN-10: 1837731721 ISBN-13: 978-1837731725 Septimius Severus was Rome’s black emperor. Born in the blistering heat of a […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists working at the site of Heraclea Sintica, a Roman city in what is now southwestern Bulgaria, have uncovered the remains of six men who perished in a catastrophic earthquake in the late 4th century CE. The discovery, in the southwestern corner of the city’s Roman forum, offers a glimpse into the human toll of […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Amateur archaeologists made a series of stunning discoveries this summer in the quiet Grodziec Forest District near Kalisz, Poland, uncovering treasures that reveal centuries of history in the region. In just five weeks, the Denar Kalisz Group, working with the Voivodeship Office of Environmental Protection in Kalisz, unearthed artifacts that dated from the Roman period […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have unearthed new evidence that Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, was reoccupied for centuries following the disaster, though it never regained its former splendor. The finds are from recent excavations in the Insula Meridionalis, the southern quarter of the city, running from the Villa […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine