Discoveries and news in Rome

In Tuscany, in central Italy, 24 very well-preserved Roman bronze statues were discovered. The objects are dated even to the 2nd century BCE.

Scientists believe that they found the first evidence of the landing of Roman troops under the command of Julius Caesar in Britain in 54 BCE.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism announced that a kilometer-long tunnel has been discovered in the ancient port of Taposiris Magna, near Alexandria, which may lead to the tomb of Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s last queen.

Underwater discoveries at Lechaeum, the ancient port of Corinth, shed new light on ancient Roman engineering.

Fragments of a Roman necropolis from the 1st century CE were discovered near Santa Maria Novella Station in Florence in 2018. For now, a part of the area at the station itself and a part of the square next to private property in the area has been secured.

In the ancient city of Aizanoi, in western Turkey, a carved man’s head and numerous pieces of Aphrodite’s sculpture have been discovered. The objects are approximately 2,000 years old.

In 2018, archaeologists discovered a network of underground lakes beneath the foundations of the Basilica of Saint John and Paul on Celius Hill in Rome. The church was built in 1100 on the ruins of the enormous Roman Temple of Claudius from the 1st century CE.

Polish scientists from the University of Warsaw have been conducting research in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Ljubuški region since 2015. The result of their work is an excavated fragment of a tombstone with an inscription and the villas of Roman veterans who settled in these lands.

In 2017, a Roman perfumery and a Visigothic burial place were discovered in Spain – the skeleton of a 25-year-old Visigothic woman (from the 3rd-8th century) was discovered.

Fantastic visualization of the Trajan bridge connecting the banks of the Danube. Enthusiasts of antiquity and engineering have the opportunity to see the work of the genius architect Apollodorus from Damascus.