The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.
The statues were discovered under the muddy ruins of an ancient bathhouse in San Casciano dei Bagni, a hilltop town in the Siena province, about 160km (100 miles) north of the capital Rome.
Archaeologists and students unearthed the 1,500-year-old ruins of huge semicircular room at a Roman bath complex in Aquileia, photos show. Photo from the University of Udine Digging into the stony ...
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along with the many enchanting hilltop towns that characterize this area of the country. From the towers of San Gimignano to the Roman ruins in Volterra, there's plenty of classic Italian charm to ...
Photo from Matthias Göden, LAD/ArchaeoConnect GmbH A search for a rumored Roman estate in Germany led archaeologists to something much larger: the ruins of an ancient Roman highway and forgotten ...