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The large family tomb, cut into the rock of the hillside, with painted frescos and mosaic paving.
Rome’s "Drugstore Museum" is a Hidden Archaeological Gem

To the much overused truism about death and taxes, another certainty can be added: dig anywhere in Rome and you will find ancient ruins. Within the basements of modern city…

Entrance to the Royal tombs within the Great Tumulus at Aigai (Vergina), Greece, 2008. License
Alexander The Great's Family Tombs: An Archaeological Debate

Upon opening the monumental tombs at the ancient city of Aegae, capital of the ancient Kingdom of Macedonia, archaeologists were quick to realize that they had found the final resting place…

Dodecahedron on display at the National Civil War Centre, Newark Museum. 2023. Courtesy of Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group.
Archaeologists Uncover Mysterious Ancient Roman Dodecahedron

An unidentifiable object has been recovered from a Roman excavation site in England and is now being put on display at the National Civil War Centre, Newark Museum in…

Archaeologists at the Pompeii Archaeological Park stand within the first-floor bedroom in the house of the lararium. Credit: Archaeological Park of Pompeii.
Middle-Class Dwellings Found at Pompeii

Over the summer, excavators at Pompeii made an insightful and critical discovery…

Fabio Fiocchi descends on a roped safety system into a cistern cavern at Vulci. To do such requires training and safety certifications. Credit- Danielle Vander Horst.
Vulci 3000 Investigates Ancient Roman Water Systems
We all need water. No matter where, no matter when, human life cannot survive without it. This has been made acutely and painfully apparent across large swaths of the globe this summer as human-…