Researchers say the presence of mineral deposits known as “lime clasts” could explain why these ancient structures remain standing.
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“Unusually Large” Roman-Era Stone Phallus Impresses Archaeologists
The discovery confirms that it’s not the length of the history that matters, so much as its breadth.
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Woman Finds 2,000-Year-Old Roman Bust at a Texas Goodwill
The sculpture, which she bought for $34.99, is now on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art.
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Antiquities Expert Calls on Getty Museum to Repatriate Ancient Artwork
A researcher is calling on the LA museum to return the fresco fragment, claiming it was linked to Robert E. Hecht Jr., who was accused of trafficking in looted art.
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Glass Bowl Unearthed “Like New”
Archeologists excavating in Nijmegen, the Netherland’s oldest city, found the bowl in pristine condition.
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Strikingly Preserved Roman Statues Discovered During Railway Dig
Archaeologists excavating along the route of the new HS2 railway in England unearthed three Roman busts in a find they describe as “once in a lifetime.”
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The Tender, Loving Side of the Romans
Hérica Valladares explores the softer side of an ancient people famed for brutality.
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Barbarians and Sculpture’s Color Barrier in Ancient Rome
Examining the clothing and also the color that Romans used to visualize those they defined as “barbarians” gives us a clue as to how Romans differentiated themselves from their foes
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Beautiful Roman Frescoes Uncovered in the South of France
PARIS — In the Bouches-du Rhône in Arles, archaeologists have uncovered a sumptuous ancient treasure in what remains of a Roman villa dating from the 1st century BCE.
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Lighter than Air: Desire Across Millennia
NAPLES — In the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, there’s a tiny Roman fresco, about a foot square, of a semi-nude woman and man floating against an azure sky, one of many such fragments you’ll find there.