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At Monte Testaccio, An Entire Mountain is Made Up of Roman Trash Our brains are wired to see ancient pottery behind glass, stored safe and sound in museums cases, piece by piece meticulously restored by archaeologists. But Monte Testaccio is the opposite–a mountain of archaeological garbage, the waste hill where millions of ancient Roman pottery shards, broken jars, and amphorae […]

Sunken Roman city now lies beneath the waves off of Italy The sunken city of the Caesars, which has been lost beneath the waves off Italy’s west coast for 1,700 years, has been revealed in stunning new photographs taken by divers who were given permission to explore the region. According to historians, Baiae was ancient Rome’s Las Vegas for the […]

The ramp that may have been used to build Egypt’s Great Pyramid Archaeologists may be one step closer to figuring out how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was constructed thousands of years ago. According to Live Science, the remnants of a 4,500-year-old ramp structure have been discovered in an ancient quarry in the Eastern Desert. The ramp’s architecture indicates it was used […]

Archaeologists find bust of Roman emperor in Egypt In Egypt’s southern city of Aswan, archaeologists found a rare Roman bust. According to the Antiquities Ministry, a team working to protect the Temple of Kom Ombo from groundwater discovered a sculpted head of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, which is a rare discovery for this location. From 161 to 180 AD, Aurelius ruled, […]

Pyramid-shaped site in Aegean Sea reveals clues on early Greek society Exciting findings on a small Greek ‘pyramid’ island in the Aegean Sea are leading to new prehistoric Greek scientific theories. Excavations on this island, about 125 miles from Athens, are discovering the world’s earliest truly monumental complex of buildings. According to The Independent, “dating back 4,600 years, the site […]

How archaeologists discovered ‘remarkable 2,000-year-old Roman secret’ By chance, POMPEII archaeologists stumbled across a “remarkable” 2,000-year-old Roman Empire secret. Mount Vesuvius erupted in one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in history in 79 AD, sprawling a cloud of superheated tephra and gases up to 21 miles in the air. This natural disaster expelled molten rock, pulverized pumice, and hot ash at […]

Archaeology: Room found where Roman emperor Hadrian held power breakfasts 1,900 years ago A room has been discovered in which the Roman emperor Hadrian and his reportedly long-suffering wife Vibia Sabina arranged elaborate power breakfasts 1,900 years ago. Archaeologists discovered the scene at the Villa Adriana, a sprawling 200-acre complex in Tivoli that was originally built for the Emperor as […]

Artifacts Buried for 10,000 Years Belonging to Mystery People Emerge From Melting Glaciers The group climbed the steep mountainside, clambering across an Alpine glacier, before they found what they were looking for: a crystal vein containing the precious rocks needed to sculpt their tools. Archaeologists have deduced this after discovering evidence of a 9,500-year-old search for crystals by hunters and […]

Dazzling Treasures Unearthed in Bronze Age Grave Possible Belonged to a Queen The burial of a woman who lived and died thousands of years ago may change our perceptions of the El Argar, one of Europe’s most sophisticated Bronze Age civilizations. It’s one of the most lavish burials from the European Bronze Age, and despite the fact that the woman […]

Massive Pyramid, Lost City and Ancient Human Sacrifices Unearthed in China Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient abandoned city in China that practiced human sacrifice. Shimao, a Neolithic site in present-day Shaanxi province, was once believed to be an unexcavated part of  the Great Wall of China. However, archaeologists researching the site now believe it was once a […]