Join City AM in this episode of History of the City, as we descend into the depths of London and uncover the secrets of the ...
The vestal virgins Finally, the vestal virgins lived at the Temple of Vesta in Rome. Vesta was the native Roman goddess of the fireplace and the six virgins tended the sacred fire, baked sacred ...
Archaeologists say the remnants of an ancient Roman basilica unearthed in the heart of London are "one of the most ...
Adriatic Sound Festival is being "conceived as a temporary city" within the grounds of Fanum Fortunae, according to organizers.
Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a grand Greco-Roman residential complex, dubbed the “Mosaic House,” in the ancient city of Pergamon ...
The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition of a ...
Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies and the temples were allowed to collect the yearly tax paid by all Jewish men for temple maintenance.
Landmarks including the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain scarred by ...