Archaeologists discover rare 1,700-year-old Roman marble busts buried near an ancient winepress in Israel | World News

pc: Haaretz( Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority) Across the landscapes of the eastern Mediterranean, traces of Roman life continue to surface in unexpected places. A fragment of wall, a forgotten road, a buried coin hoard- each discovery adds another small piece to a much larger story. Occasionally, though, archaeologists uncover objects that seem strangely out of […]

1,700-year-old Roman tombs reveal a dye worth more than gold inside coffins sealed for centuries

Archaeologists studying ancient Roman graves in England have uncovered a discovery that is changing what experts know about wealth and burial traditions in Roman Britain. During an examination of infant burials in Roman York, researchers identified traces of Tyrian purple, one of the rarest and most expensive dyes of the ancient world. As reported in […]