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A 2,100-Year-Old Adrasan Shipwreck Still Holds an Ancient Delivery That Never Arrived
Somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean around 2,100 years ago, merchants loaded thousands of newly made plates, bowls and serving dishes onto a ship and prepared them for a journey that would never reach its destination. The vessel sank off what is now Adrasan, on Türkiye’s southern coast, taking its commercial cargo to the seabed. More…
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Roman Villa Linked to Cicero’s Son-in-Law Discovered on Former Camorra Property in Baiae
A confiscated mafia property on Italy’s southern coast has revealed something no one expected: the remains of a vast Roman seaside villa, buried beneath layers of modern construction and long-hidden from public view. The discovery was made in Bacoli, near Naples, where archaeologists have brought to light a monumental maritime villa in ancient Baiae, one…