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'It's really an extraordinary story,' historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount VesuviusINTERVIEW "I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who made it out and left records. And that shocked me."
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Ancient Roman tombstone found beneath undergrowth in New Orleans yardA New Orleans couple doing yard work behind their house unexpectedly found a Roman headstone of a solider who died 1,900 years ago.
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Skeleton-filled well in Croatia likely holds remains of Roman soldiers, study findsArchaeologists have discovered a mass grave of Roman soldiers hidden inside an ancient well in Croatia.
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Miniature Skeleton: A ghostly 2,000-year-old party favor from a Roman banquetThis spooky skeleton was likely made to remind Roman banqueters that life is short.
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Statuette of a Comic Actor: A 2,000-year-old depiction of a Roman actor letting one ripThe ancient Romans had a soft spot for physical comedy (aka fart jokes), as exemplified by a bronze figurine of a comic actor.
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1,900-year-old 'treasure' found in Roman-era family's scorched house in RomaniaA discovery in Romania shows the remains of an elite family's treasures from the Roman era that were scorched in a fire.
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1,900-year-old oil lamp that provided 'light in the journey to the afterlife' found in Roman cemetery in the NetherlandsArchaeologists excavating in a Roman cemetery in the Netherlands have uncovered a unique oil lamp dating to the second century A.D.
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'Extraordinary' Roman helmet from war-ending battle found in the sea off SicilyArchaeologists recovered the "Montefortino"-style helmet in an underwater excavation in the Aegadian Islands off the coast of Sicily.
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Skull of bear held captive to fight Roman gladiators discovered near ancient amphitheater in SerbiaArchaeologists determined that the bear had an infected injury and had been held captive for a significant amount of time.
