What the Gladiators ate
Gladiators mostly ate a vegetarian diet, and were referred to as ‘hordearii’ which means barley eaters’.
Stunning Finds from Ancient Greek Shipwreck
A team of Greek and international divers and archaeologists has retrieved stunning new finds from an ancient Greek ship that sank more than 2,000 years ago off the remote island of Antikythera. The rescued antiquities include tableware, ship components, and a giant bronze spear that would have belonged to a life-sized warrior statue.
Parts of an Iron Age chariot discovered in England
Archaeologists in England have made a ‘once-in-a-career’ discovery of the decorated bronze remains of an Iron Age chariot.
Huge Roman Coin Hoard found in England
A hoard of 22,000 Roman coins has been unearthed near the English town of Seaton in East Devon. The ‘Seaton Hoard’ of copper-alloy Roman coins is one of the largest and best preserved fourth-century collections to have ever been found in Britain.
REVIEW: Ancient Lives – New Discoveries at the British Museum
This is a review of the Ancient Lives: New Discoveries exhibit at the British Museum until November 30th, 2014.
Roman Fort discovered in Germany
‘We really hit the jackpot with this excavation campaign.’
Hidden Stonehenge Revealed
A host of previously unknown archaeological monuments have been discovered around Stonehenge as part of an unprecedented digital mapping project
'Pompeii of the North' threatened by land sale
A major Roman archaeological site in northern England could be threatened by development, as the Church of England plans to sell off the land it sits on.
New archaeological find could shed light on late-Roman Britain
A unique archaeological find uncovered near the site of a Roman villa in Dorset could help to shed light on the rural elite of late-Roman Britain
Diving to see the Roman Empire
Using archeological evidence from shipwrecks and harbors, classics scholar Justin Leidwanger uncovers the story of economic networks during a millennium of classical antiquity