Workers Were Building a Highway—and Discovered an Ancient Temple Buried by a Flood

It took a modern road project digging through nearly 10 feet of muddy river sediment to reveal an ancient temple site in the ...

In 1952, a London construction crew cleared Blitz rubble and uncovered a secret 1,800-year-old Roman temple

London's Walbrook Street yielded an astonishing discovery in 1952: a remarkably preserved 1800-year-old Roman temple ...

11 ancient archaeological discoveries that may completely rewrite everything we know about human history

Human history feels straightforward when seen in textbooks. A neat timeline with a clear rise from simple tools to complex ...
Greek Reporter

The Church in Greece That Echoes Constantinople’s Hagia Sophia

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Pantocrator in Patras, Greece, stands out for having been modeled after Hagia Sophia in ...
ancient-origins

Seven Secrets of St. Peter’s Dome

Rome has been called the city of domes. The greatest of them sits majestically atop St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest and grandest church in the world. By law, no building in Rome’s city center may ...

Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem in a Roman library. The poem, "Caedmon’s Hymn," was ...
Greek Reporter

2,500-Year-Old Pre-Roman Sanctuary Buried by Ancient Flood Discovered in Italy

Archaeologists in northern Italy uncovered a 2,500-year-old pre-Roman sanctuary with inscriptions, later buried by an ancient ...
Scientific American

Female beast hunters battled leopards in ancient Rome

Mosaic depictions of a weapon-wielding female gladiator are the first physical evidence showing women in ancient Rome could ...
Scientific American

New map reveals lost roads of the Roman Empire

Constructed starting in 312 B.C.E. to carry troops southeast toward Capua and, eventually, the port city of Brindisi in the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Woman Buried in an Elaborate Roman Coffin With Precious Grave Goods Was ‘Clearly Cherished by Her Family and Her Community,’ Archaeologists Say

A new exhibition in Colchester, England, site of the first capital of Roman Britain, explores the "Lexden Lady" and her collection of treasures ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Was This Ancient Roman Soldier’s Gravestone Hidden in a Louisiana Backyard? Archaeologists Solved the Mystery—and Helped Return the Artifact to Italy

The funerary marker, which surfaced on a New Orleans property last year, once belonged to a Roman soldier who died nearly ...
WTA

Internazionali BNL d'Italia

For nearly 100 years, the Internazionali BNL d’Italia (AKA the Italian Open) has been making women’s tennis history. From Lili Alvarez winning in three sets in 1930 against her doubles partner Lucia ...