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The Forums of Augustus and Trajan with the remains of the Via Alessandrina, 2025
Beyond Statues: All About the New Excavations in Rome

In June this year, a colossal ancient marble head was discovered in Rome. Presumably once part of a larger, full-body statue, the identity of the bust is yet to be determined.…

Sketch depicting the perspective of an ancient viewer standing in the center of the garden, gazing toward the southeast corner of the planted space and observing gardeners at work.
Excavating History in Pompeii’s Ancients Gardens

Beneath the shade of pine and myrtle, researchers from the Casa della Regina Carolina Excavation (Cornell University; Bologna University; Harvard University) in Pompeii, Italy were…

The Ancient Ruins of Pompeii
Excavating Pompeii: This Year’s Top Finds

The last six months have been a busy and exciting time at the Pompeii Archaeological park in Italy. Excavations across the famous buried city have provided …

Temple of Khonsu in Karnak, Luxor, Egypt
Ancient Gold Jewelry Uncovered in Egyptian Temple Excavation

A trove of ancient gold jewelry was unearthed in an…

Tomb of Ptolemaios (south and east sides), Tuna el-Gebel, Egypt, 2004. License
How Close Are We To Finding Cleopatra’s Tomb?

A search for Cleopatra’s tomb, led by the…

The large family tomb, cut into the rock of the hillside, with painted frescos and mosaic paving.
Rome’s "Drugstore Museum" is a Hidden Archaeological Gem

To the much overused truism about death and taxes, another certainty can be added: dig anywhere in Rome and you will find ancient ruins. Within the basements of modern city…

Entrance to the Royal tombs within the Great Tumulus at Aigai (Vergina), Greece, 2008. License
Alexander The Great's Family Tombs: An Archaeological Debate

Upon opening the monumental tombs at the ancient city of Aegae, capital of the ancient Kingdom of Macedonia, archaeologists were quick to realize that they had found the final resting place…

Dodecahedron on display at the National Civil War Centre, Newark Museum. 2023. Courtesy of Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group.
Archaeologists Uncover Mysterious Ancient Roman Dodecahedron

An unidentifiable object has been recovered from a Roman excavation site in England and is now being put on display at the National Civil War Centre, Newark Museum in…

Archaeologists at the Pompeii Archaeological Park stand within the first-floor bedroom in the house of the lararium. Credit: Archaeological Park of Pompeii.
Middle-Class Dwellings Found at Pompeii

Over the summer, excavators at Pompeii made an insightful and critical discovery…

Fabio Fiocchi descends on a roped safety system into a cistern cavern at Vulci. To do such requires training and safety certifications. Credit- Danielle Vander Horst.
Vulci 3000 Investigates Ancient Roman Water Systems
We all need water. No matter where, no matter when, human life cannot survive without it. This has been made acutely and painfully apparent across large swaths of the globe this summer as human-…