While the tombs and the shrine were found within the modern city's boundaries, they would have been situated outside the ...

A stretch of modern Rome’s eastern periphery has just produced an unusually rich glimpse of the city’s Republican past: a pair of rock-cut chamber tombs, a roadside shrine that may relate to Hercules, ...

Archaeologists are doing excavation work along the A66 ahead of plans to widen the road.

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity. The excavation ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the Archaeology, ...

A 2,000-year-old basilica has found in the center of Fano in Italy has been linked one of ancient Rome’s master builders, ...

Archaeologists from the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Science (Inrap) have discovered a large ...

The challenge when visiting Rome is deciding what to skip: there are so many churches, archaeological sites, piazzas and ...

"It is a sensational finding ... something that our grandchildren will be talking about," Italian Culture Minister Alessandro ...

Two millennia ago, the aromas of Arabian scents such as frankincense and myrrh drifted through the markets of ancient Rome.

The discovery reveals some astounding hidden history.

ANCIENT Romans used human poo to treat common ailments, archaeologists have revealed. The grim discovery is the first direct evidence that the ancient civilisation really was keeping human faeces ...