In a remarkable archaeological discovery, an intact chicken egg from the Roman era was unearthed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, at a site known as Lower Winchendon villa. Astonishingly, the egg, which ...

Beneath the mosaic floors of Roman villas, an ingenious system of underfloor heating transformed warmth into a mark of power ...

Channing Tatum leads troops into Roman Britain in The Eagle, 2011 - Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Legion, an exhibition opening at the British Museum next month, will explore the life of the ...

While there is still a lot to learn, what they have unearthed so far offers fascinating insight into life at the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire. During their occupation of Britain, the ...

An illustration of the small dog found at a Roman villa in Oxfordshire, England DigVentures / Earth Trust Archaeologists excavating a Roman villa in England have discovered the remains of a toy-sized ...

From party invitations to requests for warm socks, letters discovered at Vindolanda, England gave first-hand accounts of everyday life inside a Roman fort. Roman outpostAn aerial view shows the ...

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Roman connections with Britain stretch back to (at least) the mid 1st century BC, but what has archaeology revealed about the Late Iron Age British societies they interacted with? In this clip from ...

Fearsome Roman gladiators dueling for the entertainment of a roaring amphitheater looms large in the cultural imagination, perhaps now more than ever with Ridley Scott’s blockbuster Gladiator sequel, ...

A hoard of Iron Age artifacts discovered by a metal detectorist could alter our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago, researchers have said. Now known as the Melsonby Hoard, this vast ...