Archaeologists Found an Ancient Roman Military Camp Hiding 7,000 Feet High in the Sky

Archaeologists researching a battlefield in Switzerland discovered a Roman military camp 7,000 feet above sea level. The camp ...

They Found a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Tombstone in Their Backyard. Then the FBI Showed Up.

The discovery prompted an international search to figure out how the ancient headstone made it to New Orleans.

Ancient Roman mass grave shows its army’s ethnic diversity

In Croatia, archaeologists have discovered a mass grave dating back to the third century CE that indicates another key to ...
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Seven Skeletons Found in a Croatian Well Were Likely Ancient Roman Soldiers Who Died During a Troubled Time for the Empire

The tall, adult men probably died during the battle of Mursa in 260 C.E., according to a new analysis of their remains ...

Archaeologists Recruited a Group of Amateurs—and Uncovered a Collection of Roman Treasures

The Attingham Estate in England has long been a hotbed of archaeology, and the National Trust recently opened the site to ...

Record number of finds at Roman fort dig

A record number of discoveries have been made at a Roman fort during the fifth consecutive year of an archaeological dig. This year, 47 volunteers and 24 archaeology students from Newcastle University ...

Mursa's mass grave reveals diverse origins of Roman soldiers

Archaeologists in Croatia have discovered a rare mass grave inside ancient water wells at Mursa (modern-day Osijek), ...
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Students locate ancient Roman army camp beyond empire’s northern border. See it

University students and archaeologists located an ancient Roman military camp beyond the empire’s northern frontier in the Netherlands. Photo from Constructing the Limes A team of university students ...
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Mass Grave Discovery: Roman Soldiers' Brutal Battle Deaths Revealed

Radiocarbon dating and a coin minted in 251 AD found within the well confirmed the remains dated to the second half of the third century AD, perfectly coinciding with the Crisis of the Third Century ...
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A Newly Discovered Tomb Inscription Rewrites What We Know About the Roman Military

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A funerary stele discovered in Spain shows Roman auxiliary cavalry unit movements from the first century C.E. Tied to the Julio-Claudian period, the ...

Discovery of 15,000 Roman coins could be nation's biggest ever

A metal detectorist has discovered up to 15,000 Roman coins, which could be the biggest hoard ever discovered in Wales. David ...
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Students locate ancient Roman army camp beyond empire’s northern border. See it

A team of university students sifted through chalky dirt in the Netherlands looking for artifacts or other traces of ancient Roman activity. For years, they’d been piecing together the site’s history, ...