They used X-ray imaging to determine that two iron plates were parts of a Roman helmet. Sign up for Chip Chick's newsletter and get stories like this delivered to your inbox. The pieces were a ...

A few months into the excavation, the researchers made an exciting new discovery: Through X-ray imaging, they concluded that two iron plates found onsite were actually parts of a Roman helmet.

A cheek piece from a Roman helmet was found to be from a type that ... ritualized cremation burials were common in the Roman-governed parts of Europe, with whole-body burials “an absolute ...

As if the injuries weren’t evidence enough, they also unearthed armor scales, lance tips, a helmet cheek piece ... were common in the European parts of the Roman Empire around 100 AD [CE ...

Last autumn, an ancient Roman helmet turned up in an unusual location: a Danish village. Around the same time, a 2,000-year-old Roman road was discovered in the heart of London. Andrea Margolis is ...

Diet-related bone chemistry tests indicated that these men had grown up in different parts of the Roman empire, perhaps before entering gladiator training. Most had been decapitated after death ...