Discoveries and news in Rome

A recently published translation of Greek manuscripts used by Greek-speaking students reveals what principles of social life were taught in ancient Rome.

Scientists use artificial intelligence to scan a charred Roman papyrus, from which we can learn more about Alexander the Great and his generals.

In 2016, archaeologists found the remains of four teenagers from Roman times in an antique shop near Pompeii. In addition, gold coins and jewellery were found.

In Xanten, Germany, there is an Archaeological Park and a Museum, thanks to which we can feel like ancient Romans.

Excavations at Civita Giuliana, a site about 700 meters north-west of Pompeii, yielded further discoveries, including ceramics. Civita Giuliana was a large Roman villa that had an agricultural character.

Remains found in the Roman cemetery in York, England, prove that the city – once an essential bulwark of the Roman frontier in the far north – was home to both local residents and thousands of immigrants.

Scientists are using the latest technology to discover the “origin” of Roman mummy portraits over 2,000 years old, dating back to when Rome ruled Egypt.

Italian authorities have announced the discovery of more than 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the find would “rewrite the history” of the transition from Etruscan civilization to the Roman state.

Archaeologists conducting excavations in 2014 in the central part of the Golan Heights in Israel discovered a large public building from the Roman era. They believe that it could have been a synagogue made of hewn stones. There were two parallel rows of benches inside. Remains of columns and fragments of pottery were found.

An amateur archaeologist found in 2015 near Jerzwałd (Poland) and donated to the museum an antique sword, probably from the 4th century CE. According to archaeologists, it may be a spatha sword from the late Roman period, unique in the lands of the former Balts.