At some point in the last few decades BC, Roman legionaries paused on the banks of the Mera River, to the north…
In the 1st century BC, a Roman force advanced into Switzerland from Italy. We cannot yet be sure whether these soldiers were…
The biggest dig at Pompeii in a generation is working to expose nearly an entire block of the ancient city. Archaeologists are…
Pompeii continues to amaze. The tragedy that befell the city in AD 79 famously preserved powerful and poignant snapshots of everyday life.…
Around 20 Roman villas have been excavated in the Limburg region of the Netherlands. The heyday for this work came in the…
Farmers in the southern Netherlands found themselves in an enviable position during the Roman period. Nearby military bases along the Rhine brimmed…
Rome’s military is renowned as one of the finest fighting forces of the ancient world. But what was life really like for…
Rome’s warriors are legendary. The army that carved out the Empire is renowned as one of the finest fighting forces ever assembled.…
In ancient Japan, royal burial mounds could be magnificent monuments. The distinctive keyhole-shaped earthwork associated with the semi-legendary Emperor Nintoku, for example,…
Deep in the Jordanian desert lies an extraordinary ruin. It is a Roman fort that can stake a claim to being the…
Below the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico lies a submerged world of extraordinary beauty. Caves once created a subterranean labyrinth that the earliest…
Fresh traces of urban life spanning almost three millennia are coming to light in central Rome. New Danish-Italian excavations have uncovered far…