Rare, intact ancient Roman burial unearthed during excavations in eastern Croatia

Previously, a total of 44 other Roman graves were discovered during excavations for the project, however the most recent find ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Woman Buried in an Elaborate Roman Coffin With Precious Grave Goods Was ‘Clearly Cherished by Her Family and Her Community,’ Archaeologists Say

A new exhibition in Colchester, England, site of the first capital of Roman Britain, explores the "Lexden Lady" and her collection of treasures ...
Ancient Origins

Significant Greco-Roman Burials Found at Tell Kom Aziza Necropolis

The Egyptian Archaeological Mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has unearthed a significant portion of a Greco-Roman era necropolis at Tell Kom Aziza in the Beheira Governorate. This major ...
Archaeology

Greco-Roman Cemetery Excavated in Northern Egypt

Excavations near the coast of northern Egypt, at the site of at Tell Kom Aziza, have revealed a cemetery dated to the Greek ...

Digging in the past: the arable farmer who's an archaeologist

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Archaeologists stumped by ‘extremely rare’ circular Roman-era tomb

Archaeologists in Germany’s Bavaria have unearthed an elaborately constructed but empty circular stone grave they suspect to be an “extremely rare” Roman-era burial mound. The stone circle was ...
ZME Science

Oldest Wine in the World Is Still Liquid Inside 2,000-Year-Old Roman Funeral Urn

Although molecular traces of ancient wines have been found staining pottery walls, this is the oldest wine in a liquid state ...
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Archaeologists Found Material Worth More Than Gold in an Ancient Burial

Two Roman-era infants buried in York were dressed in costly, purple-dyed cloth typically only worn by emperors and the wildly rich. As scientists explored gypsum-preserved burials from 1,700 years ago ...
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Roman burial reveals England's mysterious Lexden Lady in a decorated lead coffin

"This is certainly the most spectacular [burial] I have seen." ...
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Archaeologists found a Roman funeral pyre and a trove of gold

Archaeologists in southwestern France have uncovered a Roman cremation site so lavish that it forces a rethink of how wealth, status, and memory were displayed on the fringes of the empire. At the ...
Artnet

An Israeli Anti-Theft Squad Inadvertently Stumbled on a 1,850-Year-Old Burial Cave at a Construction Site

Three ancient burial chests, dating back 1,850 years, have been discovered in a construction site in Israel. According to an announcement by the Israel Antiquities Authority, a joint operation between ...
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World’s oldest wine discovered in ancient Roman burial site in Spain

The world’s oldest bottle of wine was recently discovered in an ancient Roman burial site in southern Spain, according to a study published this week. The wine remains in a glass funeral urn inside an ...