Excavations Begin at Hadrianoi, the Hidden Roman City in Türkiye
A monumental building has begun to emerge at Hadrianoi, a hidden Roman city on the southern slopes of Mount Uludağ in northwestern Türkiye. Archaeologists say…
Roman Empire
Low Danube Waters Expose Remains of Constantine’s 1,700-Year-Old Roman Bridge
Exceptionally low water levels in the Danube have exposed parts of a vast Roman bridge built during the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great, allowing…
1,900-Year-Old Roman Employment Contracts Reveal Life in an Ancient Gold Mine
Two Roman employment contracts written nearly 1,900 years ago offer an unusually detailed look at wages, working conditions and legal agreements in one of the…
Blank Receipts Hid a 1,500-Year-Old Roman Tax Scandal in Western Anatolia
In AD 480, a Roman tax scandal in western Anatolia pushed one of the Eastern Roman Empire’s highest officials to threaten dishonest collectors with death.…
A 1,700-Year-Old Antioch Curse Tablet Called on Iao to Destroy a Greengrocer
A roughly 1,700-year-old curse tablet from ancient Antioch called upon Iao—the Greek form of the divine name Yahweh—to attack an ordinary greengrocer named Babylas. Inscribed…
A Cross Sealed a Mithras Temple in Türkiye 1,700 Years Ago
At Zerzevan Castle in Diyarbakır, researchers say a newly deciphered inscription at the entrance of an underground Mithras temple shows that the sanctuary was sealed…
Nearly 5,000-Square-Meter Roman Bathhouse, the Largest in the Netherlands, Unearthed in Nijmegen
Archaeologists in Nijmegen have uncovered the largest Roman bathhouse ever found in the Netherlands, a nearly 5,000-square-meter complex that once served the Roman city of…
Archaeologists Find Switzerland’s First Roman Bread, Burned Nearly 2,000 Years Ago
Beneath a modern construction site in northern Switzerland, archaeologists noticed a small blackened object in the soil. It was not a stone, nor an ordinary…
302 Roman Coins Found in Croatia May Mark the Last Pay of a Danube Watchtower Garrison
The first coin appeared in the soil of a defensive ditch. Then another surfaced. Within a small area near the village of Mohovo in eastern…