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1,600-year-old skeleton found in a giant jar in Bulgaria may belong to Roman who hid there to escape enemy attackHuman remains found in a giant Roman jar in Bulgaria may belong to a young Roman who armed himself with two knives during an enemy attack.
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Cave sanctuary in Spain has highest number of Latin inscriptions anywhere in the Roman Empire — and many of them mention mysterious 'Lady'Researchers found 120 ancient inscriptions referring to a mysterious goddess known as "the Lady" in a cave in Valencia, Spain.
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'The lance head was still inside the pelvis': Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battleA new analysis of skeletons recovered from an ancient mass burial has revealed a surprising number of groin injuries.
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'They basically used these dried-up wells just to throw people in': 43 skeletons found in Roman-era well may be evidence of deadly plagueArchaeologists have analyzed dozens of skeletons from a mass burial in a well. The lack of injuries suggests the people may have died from a plague rather than a battle.
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Ancient bullets reveal where a Roman camp hid in the Pyrenees of Spain before being ambushedResearchers found the remains of a Roman camp from 39 B.C. that was ambushed by locals in what's now Catalonia, Spain.
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'Extremely rare' Roman military camp found in Slovakia holds hastily buried remains of Marcus Aurelius' soldiers — with some dumped in wellsArchaeologists found a Roman military camp in Slovakia with unusual burials of soldiers who likely fought in Marcus Aurelius' Marcomannic Wars.
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'Once we were like you': Striking reconstructions reveal the faces of 16 people from Roman-era HungaryDNA analysis, 3D-printed skulls and forensic sculpture helped experts recreate people who lived near the ancient Roman frontier city of Aquincum nearly 1,700 years ago.
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Not a housekeeper, but a 'vilica': The many responsibilities of Roman-era female farm managers were overlooked by historiansOpinion Women on ancient Roman farms were in charge of making wine, oil — and profits. Historians dismissed them as ‘housekeepers’
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2,000-year-old scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius eruption finally deciphered with help from AIExperts have unraveled substantial new text from two carbonized Herculaneum scrolls, including what may be a previously unknown work by a Stoic philosopher.
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