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Roman chamber pots yield the world’s oldest evidence of Cryptosporidium parasite in humans

Sometime during the Roman Empire, residents of two garrison towns along the lower Danube relieved themselves into squat ...
Ancient Origins

Rare Imperial Purple Cloth Discovered in Roman Infant Burials in York

The discovery of traces of rare Tyrian purple dye in the gypsum burials of two infants in Roman York has shed exciting new ...

In 1942, Gordon Butcher struck something mid-plough and discovered a hoard of Roman silver hidden for over a millennium

In 1942, Gordon Butcher accidentally unearthed the Mildenhall Treasure, a hoard of Roman silver that reveals the opulence of ...

Rare Tyrian purple reveals elite Roman infant burials in York

Two infants buried in Roman York were laid to rest in costly purple cloth normally reserved for emperors and members of the ...

Long-lost warship destroyed by iconic naval commander discovered centuries later: 'Quite remarkable'

Danish archaeologists uncovered remains of the Dannebroge, a ship battered by Admiral Nelson's forces during the 1801 Battle ...

Roman cup unearthed in Spain may have been a keepsake representing a soldier's time at the Hadrian Wall

Archaeologists recently analyzed a broken, decorative cup found unexpectedly on a Spanish farm. The cup appears to represent ...

Genome study reveals what happened after the Roman Empire fell

The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD was a pivotal moment in human history, when Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed ...
Scientific American

What happened after the fall of Rome? Ancient genomes offer new clues

A genomic analysis of people buried on the border of the ancient Roman Empire show how distinct groups combined after the ...
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Genetics reveals that the fall of the Roman Empire shaped Europe’s population

Hundreds of individuals buried along Rome’s northern frontier challenge the idea of barbarian invasions: they had already ...

2,000-year-old Roman cup found in Spain may link directly to Hadrian’s Wall

Archaeologists have identified a rare, 2,000-year-old Roman artefact known as the ‘Berlanga Cup,’ discovered in the soil of ...

Students help unearth 10,000 years of history along the A66

Archaeology students from the University of Lancashire are helping to uncover 10,000 years of history. They are working on a major excavation along the historic A66 as part of the A66 Northern ...