Archaeologists from the University of South Florida have discovered a Roman villa and numerous artifacts in Sicily. The finds will allow scientists to better understand the economic system of the island in ancient times.

Scientists have completed research on a fragment of a lead sewer pipe in Pompeii. As it turned out, it contained toxic amounts of the element antimony.

In Rome, in 2017, there was a case of vandalism on a historic Roman monument – the Colosseum. This time the culprit was a tourist from Ecuador who decided to engrave the names of his wife and child on the wall of the amphitheatre.

The largest stadium in Anatolia (Turkey), in the city of Denizli, has been discovered for over 13 years. Scientists believe that many interesting finds will soon be discovered.

In 2003, the “Dewa Roman Experience” museum in Chester, England, was forced to reduce the stench emanating from a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman latrine.

In Vindolanda (northern England) a mouthpiece for a Roman musical instrument – cornu was discovered. The object was found in the area where the Roman officers’ building (schola) used to be located.

Recent research from Kalkriese, near Osnabrück (western Germany), suggests that this was the place where the Roman legions of Varus last resisted the Germans in the famous Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE.

In 2017, in a field in Lincolnshire (Eastern England), two treasure hunters discovered an amazing treasure – 281 Roman coins dating back 1700 years.

Archaeologists are conducting excavations on the outskirts of the French city of Vienne, in the southeast of the country. The researchers refer to the study area as ‘little Pompeii’.

Two Roman sarcophagi were accidentally found near a football stadium in Rome in 2017. The objects are made of marble and were probably the last resting place of the dead children of a wealthy Roman family.