Roman Archaeology News

Extraordinary discovery in #Pompeii - an intact 'street food' shop with "food in the pots". napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/1… #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Archeologia #ArcheologiaRomana

Police build #Roman road out of cocaine hidden in frozen chicken. metro.co.uk/2023/12/20/coc… #RomanBritain #RomanRoad #FrozenChicken

Io Saturnalia to one and all 😀 #RomanBritain #RomanScotland #classicstwitter #iosaturnalia

Archaeologists excavating parts of the ancient city of Pompeii made public new discoveries on Friday that provide a grim glimpse into the bleak existence of enslaved people two millenniums ago, including the existence of a “bakery-prison.” 🔗 nytimes.com/2023/12/08/wor… #pompeii #archaeology #italy @RomArchable

Tiny #Roman tortoise figurine found in #Suffolk. 📰:arkeonews.net/a-roman-copper… #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Tortoise

Thousands of #Roman seal impressions unearthed in #Turkey. archaeology.org/news/11915-231… #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #RomanEmpire

Carlisle #Roman bathhouse dig wins three national awards. 📰 :bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Carlisle #HadriansWall

Potevamo mai mancare io e il fratocugino a questa apertura straordinaria del foro di #Cuma? Certo che no ... @pa_fleg #archeology #archeologia #Archaeology #arqueología #archeologie #italy #napoli #romanarchaeology #anticaroma #campiflegrei

Why We Need a Women’s History of the #Roman Empire: lithub.com/why-we-need-a-… #Archaeology #AncientRome #RomanArchaeology #History #RomanHistory #RomanWomen

#WallsonWednesday Ravenna & a tale of 2 walls 1/2 First of all a fragment the roman wall of Ravenna around the Teguriense gate 🧵👇

Thanks to @ancientorigins magazine and Alicia Mc Dermott for such a lovely article about my Ancient Roman music. Might open the quality street slightly early 😀#classicstwitter #romanscotland #romanbritain #themusicofancientrome

#ReliefWednesday; a votive relief depicting Orpheus among animals, perhaps in a cave. A poet offers to him a scroll. Found at the acropolis of #Sparta. Now in the Archaeological Museum of Sparta. Dated to the 1st century CE. #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece

5 facts about the ancient #Roman necropolis that borders the #Vatican, now open to the public. The site was previously only accessible to scholars and specialists. news.artnet.com/news/5-facts-a… #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Rome

_ 1/x 'Intersecting arches' come Norman-Romanesque 'blind arcading', come 'pointed arch intersects' are NOT an "Islamic" innovation — they are of _Roman_ origin, Roman mosaic ornament/motif. #MosaicMonday Roman Mosaic, 2nd C AD, House of Tetrastyle Atrium, Nora, Sardinia Italy _

Morocco unearths #Roman-era second century site in Rabat. reuters.com/world/africa/m… #RomanMiddleEast #Morocco #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

#OnThisDay, the Feroniae, a festival to Feronia, a Sabine goddess related to fertility and the wilds. Pictured, Temple C at Largo Argentina in #Rome, believed to be dedicated to her, possibly by Marcus Curius Dentatus following... (1/2) #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Italy

Two "important" #Roman cavalry swords discovered in the #Cotswolds found to have decorative markings. 📰: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… #RomanBritain #Gloucestershire #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

Venus statuette among artifacts unearthed in #Roman-era rubbish dump in northwest France. livescience.com/roman-era-tras… #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Archéologie #ArchéologieRomaine

2,000-year-old #Roman coins found on deserted Swedish island. en.mdn.tv/74xQ #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Sweden

#OnThisDay, the Requietio of the festival of Cybele and Attis, a day of rest following the celebrations of the previous day. From the Archaeological Museum of Philippi, a votive relief depicting Attis and Cybele. Dated to the Roman period. #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece

@Pallavolista3 Terme di Baia archaeological park

@RomArchable Where is it?

The bizarre fig tree that's growing upside-down in the ruins of a #Roman town. mol.im/a/11894719 #RomanArchaeology #Napoli #Archaeology #Baia #Archeologia #ArcheologiaRomana #Naples