Using laser scanners placed on the plane, scientists in 2015 discovered ancient fortifications in Italy. As it turned out, it is the oldest Roman military fort used by legionaries to defend themselves against pirates over 2,000 years ago.

In 2015, curators from Pompeii received “hundreds of packages” with notes of apologies from tourists who return stolen artifacts.

In 2015, Italian police intercepted more than 2,000 ancient artefacts during an operation in southern Italy against the mafia, stealing and trading antiquities. During the action, a villa was discovered, which was transformed into a private museum, with a number of about 550 monuments. On the occasion, three people were arrested.

In 2015, archaeologists on the Tuscan island of Elba identified the remains of a villa that allegedly belonged to the prototype of one of the main characters of the novel “Ben-Hur”. The property, known as Villa Le Grotte (“Caves”), which dates back to the 1st century BCE, was to belong to Marcus Valerius Messall’i Corvinus, Ben-Hur’s eponymous friend from his youth, who competed with him in the famous chariot race. When Ben-Hur was the brainchild of the author of Le Wallace’s 1880 book, Messalla was based on a true historical figure.

At the archaeological site of Los Torrejones in Murcia, Spain, a very well-preserved marble bust of Emperor Hadrian was discovered. The discovery was made in October-December 2014.

Heavy downpours that appear in Pompeii threaten the destruction of part of the ancient city. For example, violent storms in 2015 caused a landslide that partially damaged the wall of Severus’ Gardens in the south of Pompeii.

This fall, archaeologists discovered an amazing find in a forest in western Russia about 10 km from the city of Tula – a treasure of 140 Roman bronze coins. Objects are dated from the end of the 4th to the beginning of the 5th century CE.

A beautiful Roman mosaic has been discovered in the county of Rutland (central England) that shows the clash between Achilles and Hector. Object discovered on the grounds of an English farm.

It is commonly believed that women did not play any official roles in the camp life of the Roman army. However, the monument, which has been in the very centre of Rome for 2,000 years, gives us evidence that the soldiers ignored the ban on marriage and that their wives and daughters participated in triumphal ceremonies. Archaeologist Elizabeth Greene came to these conclusions.

Students of the Department of Archeology at the University of Barcelona discovered accidentally traces of Hannibal’s army. The discovery was made by accident, during a field exercise, when the remains of a moat appeared on the radar screen.