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July 19, 2023

Germany arrests 4 for stealing nearly 500 ancient Celtic gold coins

German authorities on Wednesday announced the arrests of four suspects accused of stealing 483 Celtic gold coins, which were estimated to be from the first century, B.C.

June 28, 2023

California man who filmed tourist carving names in Italy's ancient Colosseum 'dumbfounded' by vandalism

The American man who filmed a tourist carving his name into the ancient Colosseum in Rome, Italy, said he was "dumbfounded" that someone would deface the monument.

June 26, 2023

Tourist defaces Rome's ancient Colosseum, engraving names on wall

A tourist is being sought after he was caught on video allegedly writing his name along with his fiancée's on a wall of Rome's ancient Colosseum.

June 26, 2023

Tourist filmed carving name on wall at Rome’s ancient Colosseum

Italy’s culture minister called the incident a ‘serious, unworthy and a sign of great incivility.’

April 28, 2023

Italy returns 2,000-year-old grave marker, exported illegally, to Turkey

Italy on Friday returned a second-century noblewoman's funerary stele illegally excavated from southeastern Turkey to the nation's authorities.

April 19, 2023

Ancient ring adorned with Roman emperor image sells for nearly 600 times its expected price at auction

A ring believed to contain an image of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome, sold for $145,000 in a recent auction in Birmingham, England. The initial estimate was well below that figure.

April 4, 2023

Italian infrastructure minister expresses renewed interest in building bridge to Sicily

Italian Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday sought to rally global support for the country's latest attempt to construct a bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland.

March 13, 2023

Roman aristocrat's millennia-old remains unearthed in northern England in 'once-in-a-lifetime find'

An ancient cemetery containing the remains of both late-Roman and early-Saxon people was discovered in northern England, officials announced on Monday.

March 7, 2023

Roman shrine unearthed beneath former graveyard of a cathedral in England

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman shrine located 10 feet below a former graveyard on the grounds of a cathedral in central England. They also found a cellar, pottery, and coins.

January 7, 2023

Research uncovers secret that made ancient Roman concrete so durable

Scientists from a MIT, Harvard University study found the secret to what made ancient Roman concrete last thousands of years.