Two ancient Roman mosaics worth £560,000 ($700,000) have been temporarily barred from leaving the U.K., buying time for a domestic public collection to acquire them. A potential interested buyer has ...

Three Roman era mosaics have been uncovered in Austria, officials said. They are considered rare in the region. Photo from Upper Austrian State Cultural Institution, Facebook Archaeologists in Austria ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in Spain recently made an “excepcional” — which translates to exceptional— discovery: an ancient Roman mosaic floor ...

An ancient Roman mosaic has recently revealed a millennia-old depiction of flip-flops – showing that certain footwear has always been in style. The discovery was announced by the Archaeological Park ...

A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid ...

A remarkable marble floor in the submerged city of Baiae—dubbed the "Las Vegas" of ancient Rome—has been revealed, and an archaeologist with the team told Newsweek about the process and its ...

NAPLES, Italy – Archaeologists are working to restore thousands of pieces of marble that make up a mosaic on the floor of a now-submerged villa on the southwestern coast of Italy. The mosaic dates to ...

Researchers working in the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum in Rome have shared their discovery of luxurious mosaic-tiled rooms found in an ancient home on the site, which they believe may have ...

Archaeologists and townspeople are in a scramble to secure an Ancient Roman mosaic in the British county of Kent that is in danger of falling into the sea. The floor mosaic is part of a 50-dwelling ...

Archaeologists in Austria recently unearthed a trio of Roman era mosaics, which shed light onto life in ancient times. The works were found among the ruins of a Roman building complex in Thalheim bei ...