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Excavations in southern Italy have unearthed terracotta bull heads and a figurine of the Greek god Eros riding a dolphin. The discoveries shine new light on the religious life and rituals of an ancient city, Italian culture ministry officials said. It is the first trove of artefacts identified from a sanctuary in the ancient Greek city of Paestum,...

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About 2,000 years ago, during the Roman empire, Pozzuoli was a bustling, commercial city equipped with a port that facilitated international trade. The city ultimately declined with the fall of the Roman empire at the end of the fifth century, according to Britannica. Since then, parts of the once-thriving cosmopolitan center have been overtaken by...

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While excavating a villa used by ancient Roman emperors in Italy, archaeologists uncovered something unexpected: two mosaics that depict the Greek mythological figure Medusa, whose hair was made of snakes and whose gaze was said could turn people into stone.   The team found the mosaics in a circular room in the Villa of the Antonines, so called be...

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A team of Italian and American archaeologists have discovered at a southern Iraq site what is believed to have been a sort of refrigerator used for keeping food cool and conserving it in ancient Sumeria 5,000 years ago. The discovery of the 'tavern' was made at the site of the capital of one of the most important Mesopotamian city states, ancient L...

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