You've spent your career studying the ancient Mediterranean world, and you're co-editing a book on the working lives of Rome because it's a subject you already knew a lot about.

ROME, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a small bedroom in a Roman villa near Pompeii that was almost certainly used by slaves, throwing light on their lowly status in the ancient ...

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The trousseau contained 15 glass ointment vials, two jugs, 25 tokens from the most popular game in ancient Rome and glass beads. The ancient Roman Empire lasted from 27 B.C. to 476 A.D.

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area.

Archaeologists discovered a small bedroom used by slaves in a dig near the Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD.

Bunson, a Church expert and longtime Vatican journalist who has written over 50 books, said at the book launch at the Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome that Leo’s diverse experience as a pastor ...

At about two P. M., the great public baths, those most characteristic institutions of ancient Rome, were opened. On some of them bells were hung which summoned the bathers.

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area. The “mikveh,” used by ...

Both objects date to between the 5th and 6th centuries AD. He added that the find “attests to how deeply rooted the Jewish presence was” in the heart of ancient Rome.