In what was one of the greatest decoration flexes in ancient Roman design, a wealthy resident of Iuvavum—now modern-day Salzburg, Austria—in the second or third century C.E. had a bronze replica of a ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman villa complex in southern Italy on the site of a development described as an ecological monstrosity. The researchers unearthed the monumental villa, ...

As ash and lava spewed out of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., everything stopped for people in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The devastating volcanic eruption was visible to the occupants of nearby ...

View post: Winter Storm Warnings Announced for 12 Inches of Snow and 60 mph Winds Archaeologists in France have unearthed one of the largest Roman-era villas ever found in the country, the Institut ...

It’s long been known that a Roman villa was hidden alongside the banks of the River Yonne, in Auxerre, central France, but its scale and grandeur are only now coming into view. The site even had a ...

The Campi Flegrei area of Naples, Italy, has been under the watchful eye of volcanologists and seismologists since an ‘ earthquake swarm’ developed in February, prompting officials to put emergency ...

In the ruins of an ancient Roman villa in Italy, archaeologists have unearthed a mosaic featuring familiar summer footwear. Found within the villa’s bath complex, the 1,600-year-old artwork depicts a ...

Archaeologists in the U.K. have made a groundbreaking discovery at the Brookside Meadows site in Grove, a village in Oxfordshire. Amid a housing development by Barratt and David Wilson Homes, they ...

Nestled on the promontory of Posillipo Hill overlooking the Bay of Naples is Villa Pausilypon, a testament to a real Roman holiday. Much of the villa, near the ancient town of Baia, has been lost to ...

Lighthearted sounds of conversations once rose over the echoing water of the private pool room in an ancient Roman villa. That is, until the villa’s once-grand spaces began to quiet as its inhabitants ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Excavation in Salzburg, Austria, ahead of a new residential development unearthed a Roman villa from the second or third century C ...