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    Archaeologists uncover exquisite Roman glassware in Nîmes

    An exquisite collection of glassware dating from the Roman period has been uncovered by INRAP archaeologists in the French city of Nîmes. Nîmes, known in antiquity as Nemausus, emerged as a Roman colony (Colonia Nemausus) during the 1st century BC. Internally, the city was structured along the...
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    Amateur archaeologists uncover a mysterious ancient Roman artifact in England

    A group of amateur archaeologists in England were on their second to last day of excavation last June when they discovered a find of a lifetime — a mysterious ancient artifact called a dodecahedron at a possible Roman site. A dodecahedron is a circular copper alloy object between the size of a...
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    Archaeologists' Pagan Temple Find Challenges History of Roman Christianity

    A team of archaeologists has uncovered the ruins of an ancient pagan temple from the Roman period in Italy. The temple was found during excavations in the ancient hilltop town of Spello, which is located more than 70 miles north of Rome. The structure is thought to date to the fourth century...
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    A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten the Fall of the Roman Empire

    A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town well into the 3rd century AD. A geophysical survey has allowed researchers to build a highly detailed...
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    Archaeologists have found a fort that the Romans built to protect their silver mines, complete with wooden spikes

    Archaeologists have discovered wooden defenses surrounding an ancient Roman military base for the first time in Bad Ems, western Germany. The fence, which is topped with sharpened wooden stakes similar to barbed wire, is the type of fortification mentioned in ancient writings, including by...
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    Massive hoard of Roman-era silver coins unearthed in Germany

    More than 5,500 silver coins buried by a river about 1,800 years ago are now in the hands of archaeologists, following the hoard's discovery in Augsburg, Germany. At the time of the coins' burial, the Roman Empire was in full swing, with its coinage reaching all corners of its territory and...
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