Serbian coal miners just stumbled upon the 1,700-year-old remains of a Roman ship that once supplied the distant reaches of ...

The Ships Depicted in the Lod Mosaic Reconsidered. IJNA 33/1:164 ... In R.L. Holfelder ed. The Maritime World of Ancient Rome (MAAR Supplementary 6). Ann Arbor. Pp. 119–176. Radic R.I. 2012. Glass ...

By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social structure of ancient Rome was based on heredity ...

A farmer discovered a 900-square-foot mosaic from the third century in his field in Turkey. Covered by a thin layer of soil, the artwork depicts a variety of hunting scenes from the Roman era.

Traveling the world Over the next 30 years, Paul traveled some 10,000 miles across the Roman Empire ... he had to take a less rigid approach to ancient Jewish customs concerning food and circumcision.

The 2,000-year-old mosaic comes from the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried in volcanic ash in 79 C.E. after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Archaeologists found the artwork in ...

“This is the largest and most significant site discovered in the region from the Roman ... mosaic floor featuring crosses, lions, doves, flowers, geometric patterns, an amphora (an ancient ...