Students discover long-lost Roman villa under high school gym

Although construction work at the time revealed portions of a large Roman villa home known as a domus, no one conducted ...

Sleeping Roman soldier statue approved for park

An artist says the public should be able to see his sculpture from early August.
Smithsonian Magazine

These Italian Teenagers Stayed Overnight at Their School. They Found Ancient Roman Ruins Hidden in the Basement

Students at a high school in Rome stumbled upon a well-preserved villa that dates to the mid-second century C.E. Eventually, ...
Live Science

Roman bath clog: The world's oldest shower shoes were found at a fort along Hadrian's Wall

The Romans were the first to wear clog-style footwear to the baths to protect their feet from the hot floor and to better ...
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Italian teenagers discover 1,800-year-old Roman luxury house underneath their high school gym

After being notified by mischievous high school students, archaeologists uncovered a large and luxurious second-century Roman ...
Greek Reporter

2,200-Year-Old Roman Basilica Found Near Rome Reveals Rare Painted Female Head

Archaeologists uncovered a 2,200-year-old Roman basilica at Tusculum, one of the oldest known examples of Republican-era ...
KSAT

Traditionalists flood Rome after pope's Latin Mass crackdown

ROME – Traditionalist Catholics descended on Rome on Friday for their annual pilgrimage, hoping to show the vibrancy of their community after Pope Francis issued a crackdown on the spread of the old ...