Archaeologists have discovered 17 decapitated bodies at three Roman cemeteries in Cambridgeshire, eastern England — an “exceptionally high’ number which experts think were the result of judicial ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive Roman burial site containing more than 3,000 ancient graves has been uncovered beneath a modern city. Archaeologists say ...
Two Roman-era infants buried in York were dressed in costly, purple-dyed cloth typically only worn by emperors and the wildly rich. As scientists explored gypsum-preserved burials from 1,700 years ago ...
Archaeologists in York have used 3D scans to study the Roman burial practice of pouring liquid gypsum over the bodies of adults and children laid to rest in coffins—the first time this cutting-edge ...
Archaeologists excavating an early Roman imperial tomb in Turkey have uncovered evidence of unusual funerary practices. Instead of the typical method of being cremated on a funeral pyre and the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lead coffin discovered by Colchester Archaeological Trust in 2023. (photo credit: Screenshot ...
The world’s oldest bottle of wine was recently discovered in an ancient Roman burial site in southern Spain, according to a study published this week. The wine remains in a glass funeral urn inside an ...
A study published in the journal Britannia analyzed coins and metal items found in an early 5th-century AD burial in Oudenburg, Belgium. The burial occurred around the same time that base metal coins ...
A massive Roman burial site containing more than 3,000 ancient graves has been uncovered beneath a modern city. Archaeologists say that the site was used for more than 500 years, and it reveals new ...