Roman

A man in California was sentenced to 3 months in jail for smuggling an ancient Roman mosaic from Syria. In August 2015, Mohamad Yassin Alcharihi brought in ‘ceramic tiles from Turkey’ worth less than $600. However, in reality, he was…

A 1700 years old Roman villa complex in great condition was discovered in Kent, England last month with the help of Google Earth. Using Google Earth technology, archaeologists could identify the site's linear features based on crop…

Archaeologists have discovered a 2000-years-old Roman mosaic, the largest in 50 years, at the site of The Shard in London. The discovery was made earlier this month by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) while they were excavating…

A Dutch man is facing charges for the 2019 theft of Roman coins from a German museum. In November 2019, a group of men broke into the Rhineland State Museum, one of the largest archaeological museums in Germany. According to the police…

An ancient burial site was discovered in Żabbar, Malta, during drainage works by the city’s waterworks department. According to the report of Malta Today, the Water Services Corporation, during trenchworks on the location, uncovered an…

A missing finger from the ancient bronze statue of Constantine the Great was in the Louvre Museum all along. Now, it is has been reunited with the original. The ancient bronze finger was located in the Louvre Museum for decades, having…

The unearthing of a Roman mosaic in Britain has left the archaeologists wondering about the true nature of the Dark Ages. The mosaic in question was first discovered at the Chedworth Roman villa in the town of Gloucestershire in England…