Tag: archaeology
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Ancient Roman tombstone found in New Orleans backyard
This story was published in Live Science on October 9th, updated on October 17th 2025, and was written by Tom Metcalfe A New Orleans couple doing yard work behind their house unexpectedly found a Roman headstone of a solider who died 1,900 years ago. The stone has been revealed to be the inscribed gravestone of a…
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Roman Bigfoot!
by the multi-award winning journalist Tony Henderson Evidence has emerged of Northumberland’s very own Bigfoot during a dig at a Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall. Excavations by teams of volunteers are investigating defensive ditches at the little-explored Magna fort, which is also the site of the Vindolanda Trust’s Roman Army Museum. And the latest find has…
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1,700-year-old Roman gold coins discovered
Some of the 1,700-year-old gold coins, which feature portraits of eight Roman emperors and the illegitimate emperor Eugenius. (Image credit: C. Nosbusch/INRA) By Marjanko Pilekić Published 10th January 2025 in Live Science “Secret” excavations in Luxembourg reveal 141 Roman gold coins from eight Roman emperors and one usurper. Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of…
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The luxury lifestyle of elite Pompeii residents
A thermal bath complex is latest discovery among ruins of Italian city destroyed by Vesuvius eruption in AD79 Angela Giuffrida in Rome, 17th January 2025 A large and sophisticated thermal bath complex that was believed to have been used by its owner to pamper well-heeled guests has been discovered among the ruins of ancient Pompeii. The…
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650 Caesar & Mark Antony Coins unearthed in Turkey
Photograph courtesy of Pamukkale University Isis Davis-Marks wrote this report that was published in the Smithsonian Magazine in February 2021. Minted between 75 and 4 B.C., these silver coins were probably buried by a high-ranking Roman soldier during Augustus’ reign, writes Isis Davis-Marks in the Smithsonian Magazine February 10th 2021 Archaeologists in the ancient Turkish city…
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