Archaeologists uncovered a gold votive offering to a war god while excavating a 1,800-year-old Roman fortress in the country of Georgia. "This thin plate, inscribed in Greek, was a dedication to ...

A couple who have volunteered in numerous excavations over the years found a "highly revered" ancient artifact at a fort in ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered dozens of Roman-era graves of men who were buried with "curse tablets," at least one of which was written in an extinct language. Excavations underneath an ...

An unusual discovery has emerged near the town of Jarocin in Poland’s Wielkopolska region: a private collector, operating under an official permit, unearthed a small bronze figurine believed to ...

Pierre-Yves Lambert of the French National Center for Scientific Research suggests that this tablet was dedicated to Mars Rigisamu, Gaulish for “Mars the Royal,” the Roman god of war.

Yair Whiteson, 13, was hiking with his father near an Israeli quarry when he discovered a nearly two-millennia-old ring engraved with the image of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and battle.

In the same way, the Persian god Mithras was popular with the Roman legions – many of whose soldiers had served in Persia – and shrines to him have been found in Britain, Syria, and across ...

A strange artefact unearthed by a thirteen-year-old while on a trek in Haifa, north of Israel, has turned out to be a rare ancient Roman ring featuring goddess Minerva.. The bronze ring has been ...

An excavation at a Roman fortress in the country of Georgia has revealed a gold offering to a god of war, a colorful mosaic and other artifacts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Excavation of a Roman-era cemetery in France yielded ... has proposed that the F2199 curse tablet is dedicated to "Mars Rigisamu," which is Gaulish for "Mars the Royal," or the Roman god of war.