Discoveries and news in Rome

The amateur treasure hunter George Hughes from South Petherton in England decided to put up for sale Roman coins he had found. Many had suggested to him that it made no sense; however, they were wrong.

Two intriguing mummies have been discovered at the ancient port of Taposiris Magna, located about 50 km west of Alexandria, which researchers date back to the life of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.

The Old City of Jerusalem will soon have a new mikveh, with a de facto two-thousand-year history behind it.

Archaeologists in early August 2016 began excavations in Lufton (England) to recover the remains of a Roman villa and octagonal thermal baths.

After 10 years of displaying the famous Roman mosaic in numerous museums around the world, the outstanding work finally returned to Israel. The artefact will be on display at The Shelby White and Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center in Lod (central Israel), which was built at the site of the villa and mosaic discovery.

Tourists wishing to see the Baths of Caracalla, will now have the opportunity to see the newly opened remains of the Roman house, which dates back to 134-138 CE.

Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, the former capital of the Roman province of Dacia and one of the most spectacular excavation sites in Romania, is about to be rebuilt. All thanks to the EU subsidy of EUR 4.5 million.

In 2019, in the village of Cichobórz, in eastern Poland, a huge treasure from Roman times was discovered. A total of 1753 coins were discovered that date back to the 1st-2nd century CE. Coins were discovered by accident.

A team of underwater archaeologists discovered human bones in a Roman shipwreck known as Antykithira in 2016. This discovery may allow scientists to understand the life of the ancients even better.

In 2021, information appeared in the media that traces of a barbarian settlement, which dates back to the times of the Roman Empire, may have been found in the Bydgoszcz Forests.