Discoveries and news in Rome

Roman mosaic discovered in the south of England in the village of Frampton in county Dorset. It is part of a Roman villa, first identified at the end of the 18th century.

Tickets for next year’s Great Roman Games are on sale from mid-November. The event will take place, as usual, in Nîmes, on May 1, 2 and 3, 2020 in the authentic Roman arena, Arènes de Nîmes. The tickets can be bought here.

Archaeologist and historian Steven Tuck from Miami University presented his latest research in which he compared the collected list of Roman names with Pompeii and Herculaneum with archaeological evidence from other parts of the Empire that were not destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. The conclusions are really interesting.

An unbelievable discovery occurred in eastern Croatia, in Stari Jankovci, near Vinkovci. Archaeologists found the remains of a two-wheeled chariot and two horses harnessed.

At the construction site on Swan Street in central London, in 2017, a Roman sarcophagus with a lid was found. According to preliminary analysis, the object is 1600 years old.

In Boxford (eastern England), the Roman mosaic was fully unveiled, which dates back to the 4th century CE. The discovery was made in 2015; however, only now can we fully admire the preserved object.

During construction carried out for a new housing estate, in Narbonne (southern France), traces of the former Roman cemetery were found.

In recent days a fresco was discovered in Pompeii showing the fight of two gladiators: murmillo (left) and Thraex. The discovery occurred in the section Regio V. Fresco shows the scene of defeating one of the gladiators.

A wreck of a Roman ship, about 1700 years old, was discovered off the coast of Mallorca. Among the remains of the ship are 93 amphoras with contents.

During the construction of the metro in Rome, workers came across skeletons that belonged to the Romans. Due to the fact that human remains were found in the place where the “Pyramid” station will be located, the artifacts were referred to as “Pyramid Mummies”.