Mercury is the Roman god of finance, travel ... The material was primarily produced in ancient Gaul, and less than ten pipeclay Roman figurines have been discovered in Roman Britain.
As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks ... gods included Mars (god of war), Mercury (god of trade and messenger ...
Archaeologists in the Neckargartach district of Heilbronn, Germany, have uncovered a 500-meter stretch of an ancient Roman road, along with an ancient temple and statue of Mercury. Artifacts suggest ...
A search for a rumored Roman estate in Germany led archaeologists to something much larger: the ruins of an ancient Roman highway and forgotten roadside village.
With the help of the messenger-god, Mercury, we travel in time and space to hear the sounds of ancient Roman environments: the markets, the forum, the theatre, the baths, the chariot races ...
Archaeologists searching for a rumored Roman ... Mercury statue found in Neckargartach. Photo from Yvonne Mühleis, LAD Archaeologists identified the statue as a once-life-size figure of the god ...