Ancient Rome meets modern technology as tourists visit restored, frescoed home via livestream tours

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, ...

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Enormous Roman mosaic in Turkey

A huge Roman mosaic that was uncovered in southern Turkey by archaeologists from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The well preserved tiles once decorated a bathhouse during the Roman Empire's ...
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Underground Roman mosaic: councillor says he found another

A COUNCILLOR has praised plans to show off a historic artefact with a glass walkway and revealed a discovery in a Colchester hotel. Darius Laws was Colchester’s heritage chief in 2022 and was a ...
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Historians Say This Rare Mosaic Found on a British Farm Depicts Scenes From a Long-Lost Account of the Trojan War

Panel one of the Ketton mosaic, which was discovered in 2020 by a farmer's son University of Leicester Archaeological Services Several years ago, archaeologists excavated an ancient Roman mosaic in ...
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Stunningly preserved Roman-era mosaic in UK depicts Trojan War stories — but not the ones told by Homer

A Roman mosaic recently discovered in Britain depicts a long-lost version of the Trojan War story that differs from the most famous telling of the saga. The artifact, known as the Ketton Mosaic, shows ...
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Does This Roman Mosaic Reveal a Forgotten Trojan War Tale?

In the summer of 2020, a British family was taking a walk on its farmland in Rutland, a county in England’s East Midlands, when they came across an unlikely scattering of pottery, tiles, and oyster ...
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Stunningly preserved Roman-era mosaic in UK depicts Trojan War stories — but not the ones told by Homer

A newfound mosaic draws inspiration from "Phrygians," a play by the Athenian playwright Aeschylus that survives only in bits and pieces. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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Roman Britain Mosaic Features Scenes Based on Lost Trojan War Tale

KETTON, ENGLAND—In 2020, a farmer in England's Rutland county notified authorities about the possibility that there was a Roman villa located on his property. A subsequent investigation carried out by ...
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Roman mosaic to go on permanent display

A Roman mosaic uncovered in what was the capital of Roman Britain is to go on display for the first time in 1,800 years. It was discovered in the 1980s in Colchester when builders were working on a ...
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Our Enduring Fascination With Ancient Roman Baths

Ancient Roman flip-flop mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, Italy (c. 4th century CE) (photo courtesy Isabella Baldini) What could be better in antiquity — and today — than relaxing at ...