Romans

No burial artifacts were recovered from the structure itself, but the surrounding area yielded over 80 Roman burials containing copper bracelets, coins, glass beads and a bone comb.

About 1,700 years ago, liquid gypsum was poured over the remains of an elite family in Roman Britain.

A rainstorm has exposed the ancient Roman stone carvings of a phallus, face and cornucopia at a first-century fort in Spain.

A metal detectorist stumbled upon a hoard of Roman coins and Iron Age vessels in the Welsh countryside.

Archaeologists have unearthed the skeletons of two men who were likely killed during a deadly earthquake that coincided with Mount Vesuvius' eruption.

Archaeologists in Switzerland have unearthed the remains of a fourth century A.D. watchtower built to protect the edge of the Roman Empire.

The ancient remains of at least 10 birds have been found at a temple of Isis in the Roman city of Pompeii, indicating that birds were a key feature of worshipping the goddess.

A diver off the coast of Israel discovered an 1,800-year-old Roman shipwreck containing 44 tons of artifacts.

Archaeologists in Hungary have unearthed a 2,000-year-old collection of medical tools, including forceps and scalpels. They think the tools belonged to a physician from the Roman Empire who had traveled beyond its frontiers to treat patients.

An archaeologist using Google Earth has spotted the traces of three Roman military camps in the southern Jordanian desert, prompting a rethink of the region's history.