Combat. Conflict. Life or death skirmishes. Brawling. Judging from the admittedly small sample of nearly a dozen fragments of floor mosaics, several quite large, in a new exhibition at the Getty Villa ...

Combat, conflict, life-or-death skirmishes, brawling — to judge from the (admittedly small) sample of nearly a dozen fragments of floor mosaics in an exhibition at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles, ...

Archaeologists in England have discovered a “fantastic” Roman mosaic on land earmarked for a supermarket, suggesting a villa once occupied the site. A team of experts from Oxford Archaeology were ...

A giant poolside mosaic featuring intricate geometric patterns has been unearthed in southern Turkey, revealing the far-reaching influence of the Roman Empire at its peak. The mosaic, which once ...

Archeologists have discovered what they believe to be an ancient Roman villa and bath house under an Aldi construction site. The team from Oxford Archeology (OA) uncovered the mosaic brickwork in ...

ROME (AP) — The site today is a big tourist draw for the multi-leveled brick remains of the Imperial Roman baths, libraries and gyms and the marble mosaics that decorated the floors. ROME (AP) — One ...

Eight years after beginning excavations in southeastern Spain, an archaeological crew has uncovered a stunning Roman bath. Researchers say it’s “one of the most monumental Roman bath complexes ever ...

Soaking in a hot bath is a luxurious activity that people have enjoyed for thousands of years including the Romans as evidenced by a recent discovery. In the ancient Roman world, where plagues were ...

At the beginning of the second century A.D., the emperor Trajan founded Plotinopolis ("Plotina's city") in honor of his wife, Plotina. It soon became an important Roman city in the eastern area of ...

Just outside Elche, calm fields and gentle hills sit over an unexpected secret. La Alcudia conceals its history so thoroughly that its depth becomes visible only when the soil is opened for all to see ...