ROME—The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged after a violent storm hit Rome, conservation authorities said on Tuesday. In a statement to Reuters, which first reported on the accident, the Colosseum Archaeological Park confirmed that the monument was hit by lightning. The triumphal arch was built in […]
ROME—A rare haul of 27 silver Roman coins dated between 94 and 74 BC has been discovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, the Sicily region said on Monday. The discovery was made during a cleaning and restoration project by a team led by archaeologist Thomas Schaefer from the University of Tuebingen in Germany. It […]
An attorney for a Trump co-defendant alleged that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be exposed by a business partner of her top prosecutor amid allegations the two were involved in an improper relationship. Last month, defendant Michael Roman accused Ms. Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade of being in a relationship, which her […]
Trump co-defendant Michael Roman filed a motion on Friday identifying a witness who could testify that Fulton County’s district attorney and a prosecutor she hired began a romantic relationship before they pursued the election case, refuting sworn testimony. In the 122-page filing, Mr. Roman’s lawyer said a former associate of prosecutor Nathan Wade would refute […]
JERUSALEM—Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues. The vandalism late Thursday raised questions about the safety of Israel’s priceless collections and stirred concern about a rise in attacks on cultural heritage in Jerusalem. Police identified […]
JERUSALEM—Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards, and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave, surfaced in a recent excavation by Israeli archaeologists near the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. The cache of exceptionally intact artifacts was found about two months ago and tells a […]
ROME—The wreck of an ancient Roman cargo ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast near Rome, the arts squad of Italy’s Carabinieri police said on Friday. The ship was located off the port of Civitavecchia, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north-west of the Italian capital, on a sandy seabed […]
ROME—Italian archaeologists on Tuesday said they may never find the remains of the opening stretch of ancient Rome’s first highway, the Appian Way, because underground water makes it impossible to dig deep enough to reach it. Appius Claudius Caecus, a magistrate, started the Appian Way in the 4th century BC. It was known in ancient […]
Archaeologists working in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor have uncovered a complete 1,800-year-old Roman city. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the city dated back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, and described it as “the oldest and most important city found on the eastern bank of Luxor.” “A […]
WASHINGTON—The ancient Romans were brilliant engineers and builders, creating a dazzling array of magnificent structures including some that have survived to modern times virtually intact like the domed Pantheon in Rome. An indispensable material for the Romans was a form of concrete they developed that is known for remarkable durability and longevity, though its exact […]
JERUSALEM—The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds of Roman and medieval silver coins. The finds made near the ancient city of Caesarea were dated to the Roman and Mamluk periods, around 1,700 and 600 years ago, archaeologists said. […]
For the first time, archaeologists have unearthed a complete Roman-era fast-food stall in the ruins of Pompeii—the city buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. Some of the jars even have traces of food in them.
Two thousand years ago, this ship was crossing the Mediterranean Sea full of its cargo of amphorae—large terracotta pots that were used in the Roman Empire for transporting wine and olive oil. For some reason, it never made it to its destination. But having languished at the bottom of the sea for around two millennia, […]
A 14-year-old scorched his parents SUV after taking it without permission to buy fireworks on the Fourth of July. The Skyway, Washington teen, too young to drive legally, took his parents’ red GMC Envoy and joined friends in a Roman candle fight, reports local outlet KIRO-TV. The teen joined friends in firing Roman candles at […]
Caesarea was once part of Judea, and was ruled by King Herod of the Roman Empire. He named the city in honor of Emperor Augustus Caesar. The city now hosts tourist attractions like an aqueduct and the region’s oldest surviving Roman theater. Authorities will soon rebuild a temple that once stood tall. Doron Ben Ami, […]
The Nasothek display in Denmark’s Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum is filled with partial faces sculpted to repair damaged classical Roman statues. Noses were one of the first features to break off of ancient statues as they were moved, lost, buried, and dug up later. Ancient art dealers found that complete sculptures sold better, so they […]
