The ancient city of Rome became the heart of a sprawling empire that lasted for hundreds of years, and we're still unearthing ship-loads of Roman artifacts, mystifying treasures and even forts around 2,000 years later.
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Ancient Roman necropolis holding more than 60 skeletons and luxury goods discovered in central Italy
A newfound necropolis in central Italy that once sat near an exclusive villa along an ancient road holds the remains of 67 people and their treasures, including gold jewelry.
Part of Hadrian's 1,800-year-old aqueduct and rare Greek coins unearthed near Corinth
The enormous aqueduct was built in the second century to carry water to the city of Corinth from a lake 50 miles away.
2,000-year-old bullet found with Julius Caesar's name on it was likely used in civil war
The bullet's inscriptions hint that Indigenous people in Spain supported the would-be dictator, Julius Caesar, during the Roman civil war.
2,300-year-old shell mosaic discovered in luxurious home in Rome
Archaeologists think the house belonged to a senatorial family during the last years of Rome's Republic.
Why didn't Alexander the Great invade Rome?
If Alexander the Great had invaded Rome, would he have won?
2,000 ancient clay stamps used to seal official Roman documents discovered in Turkey
Researchers found thousands of clay stamps used to seal official documents inside a former city archive in Doliche.
More than 3,000 Roman coins and gems unearthed at 'magical place' in northern Italy
During ongoing excavations at Claterna, an ancient Roman site in Italy known as the "Pompeii of the North," archaeologists unearthed 3,000 coins and 50 gems.
Cult temples and sacrificial pit unearthed at ancient Roman camp in Germany
Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed the foundations of two temples and a shallow circular ditch at a former Roman camp.
