New details of a buried ancient Roman town in England are being revealed for the first time using the latest technology. The newly uncovered features include street grids, clustered public buildings such as temples and baths, the town’s water supply system and possibly a large theater. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A team of archaeologists using sonar technology to scan the seabed have discovered a "graveyard" of five pristine ancient Roman shipwrecks off the small Italian island of Ventotene. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Archeologists in Portugal have found more than 4,500 Roman coins bundled together inside the wall of a blacksmith's house dating from the fourth century. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"What should have been part of the rampart mound near to the north gate of the fort has turned out to be an amazing religious shrine," said archaeologist Andrew Birley.

Romans called this god Jupiter Dolichenus, but it was originally an ancient weather god, known to the Semitic peoples of the Middle East as Hadad and to the Hittites as Teshab. picked by drogue 4 months ago

She and her baby are a mystery as no parks or farms in the area have reported a missing female. It is thought her partner may have been a male wallaby which escaped two years ago from a farm about eight miles away. She was photographed with joey in pouch placidly hopping about a garden. picked by equinox 6 months ago

Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum, they said Friday. The 2,000-year-old ruins were found about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Rome, near Cittareale, lead archaeologist Filippo Coarelli said. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

An ancient Roman wood and ivory throne has been unearthed at a dig in Herculaneum, Italian archaeologists said on Tuesday, hailing it as the most significant piece of wooden furniture ever discovered there. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Certainly shaping my life as a current day Anglo-Saxon (Born to English parents in England), and laying the basic history of everyone who ever migrated from England, to the Americas, Australia, and to other places picked by DAVEtheFISH 1 year ago

Parts of a giant, exquisitely-carved marble sculpture depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been found at an archaeological site in Turkey. picked by topofall 1 year ago

Approximately 200 silver Roman coins, several jewels, an armband and a ring hidden in a clay pot. picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago

Ruins of a Roman temple from the second century CE have recently been unearthed in the Zippori National Park in Israel. Above the temple are foundations of a church from the Byzantine period. The excavations shed light on the multi-cultural society of ancient Zippori. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A few years ago, a number of brave intelligent men and women from the land of JaxWorth set out for the shores of Nova Roma. This was the New World discovered in the 15th century by Roman sailors traveling across the Pacific in search of a route to trade with India. Basically it was a shared-world created by Donteatpoop, Icepigs, and others. They imagined a world where Rome never fell and went o... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

In 1963, a construction engineer found a small hoard of coins while excavating the north bank of the Ohio River....
The smaller coins were from 268 A.D. The larger coins are from 312 or 313 A.D.

Unfortunately, the discoverer moved south to work on another bridge shortly after the find, and the second engineer's widow could not remember his name, so the bulk of the hoard is lost. picked by bingo 7 months ago

The project, a joint partnership between the Eden Project and EGS Energy, could potentially produce enough carbon neutral electricity from hot underground granite to supply 10% of the UK's electricity requirements.

The plant would be built in Cornwall and initially be used to power Eden's site near St Austell. picked by bingo 6 months ago

The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave in Jerusalem by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

A Wisconsin teen had the city dump truck loads of snow on his front yard, Dan Meyer built a fort that is taller then the first story of the house, and is almost as wide. It fits 20 people.

The snow fort we all dreamed of. picked by Muppetmaker 2 years ago

Laden with delicacies such as stuffed dormice, peacock rissoles and sweet chestnuts, these plates and bowls would once have taken pride of place on a wealthy Roman's dining table. Now, nearly 2,000 years later, the haul of 19 pieces of bronze tableware is offering a glimpse into life in the final days of Roman Britain. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Ever wanted to own a full-scale Roman siege engine? Now you can! picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A team of US archaeologists has discovered the ruins of a city dating back to the period of the first farmers 7,000 years ago in Egypt's Fayyum oasis. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

Archeologists said Thursday they have partly dug up a second-century bath complex believed to be part of the vast, luxurious residence of a wealthy Roman. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago