The denarii date from the late 2nd Century BC, in the last tumultuous decades of the Roman republic, to the first Roman emperors and could have been a purse loss. "Of course, we've no way of knowing ...

Manuscripts in the Hasmonaean-type script could be older than their current estimate of 150 BC to 50 BC, researchers found. It still remains a mystery who exactly wrote the manuscripts.

In addition to copper and bronze coins, a silver coin of Julius Caesar from the 1st century BC was also found. The face of the coin shows an elephant trampling on a dragon or snake. 5.

Professor Ali Obeid Shilgam, the Director General of the Department of Archaeological Research in Iraq, announced the findings during archaeological survey work in the Diyala region, where three qanat ...

They first made the model analyse the digitised images of 135 scrolls and let professional palaeographers evaluate the AI’s predictions. It then confirmed that many Dead Sea Scrolls are much ...

In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens. But the senators were fighting for power between themselves.

Uncovered in what was once a spacious banqueting hall that opened onto a garden, the frieze dates back to the 1st century BC, meaning it was nearly 100 years old when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 ...

AMMAN — In the 1st century BC and 1st century AD, Gerasa (modern Jerash) had operational quarries, which are types of open-pit mines used for excavating dimension stone, rock, sand or gravel from the ...

The Antikythera shipwreck, which dates to the 1st century BC, was originally discovered in the Aegean Sea by sponge divers in 1900. In the decades since, ...

Archaeologists have made an extraordinary discovery at the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, unearthing a new hidden tomb dating back to the first century BC.This remarkable find, located beneath ...

The mold from which Medusa masks were made in the 1st century BC in Sicily. Credit: Finziade Project / Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi In the town of Licata (the ancient ...

"This religious venue was subsequently enlarged and transformed twice, first in the mid-1st century BC until the beginning of the 1st century AD, and it was finally abandoned soon after the Roman ...