Features stories on discoveries, excavations, and artifacts that reveal insights into ancient civilizations and reshape historical timelines.
The dome will be strengthened from the exterior to preserve interior mosaics.
Excavation over 500,000 m² uncovered 25+ prehistoric buildings, a ritual circle, and medieval grain kilns. Artefacts will be dated and sent to museums later this year.
The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.
A coin minted between 325 and 323 B.C. indicates the city was in use during Alexander the Great's lifetime.
We find surprisingly little direct genetic contribution from levantine phoenicians to western and central mediterranean punic populations, says lead author Harald Ringbauer.
The excavation revealed a cemetery, with about half of the skeletons found in burial vaults associated with the medieval church.
Poor spacing between gear teeth could cause blockages, rendering the mechanism unfit for scientific use, simulations indicate.
The Barberes Sur excavation covered more than 842 square meters of the large villa. The residence features lavish rooms arranged around a central colonnaded garden.
Built under Emperor Marcus Aurelius during the Marcomannic Wars to secure the Roman frontier.
Fresh finds beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre add hard evidence of a first-century garden and the site’s earlier life as a quarry.