What it tells us about the past: This tall, semi-cylindrical shield, which is in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, is one of the few surviving examples of a Roman "scutum," the most ...
A Norwegian archaeologist believes that the Norwegians were on their way to the Roman Empire as mercenaries around the year ...
Archaeologists have made a significant discovery in Croatia, uncovering a well filled with the remains of seven individuals believed to be Roman soldiers who died in the Battle of Mursa in 260 CE. A ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Archaeologists excavated an ...
In 447 AD, Attila and his Huns crossed the Danube in force, tearing through the Balkans and confronting the Eastern Roman army near the River Utus. The battle marked the start of a brutal campaign, ...
Scandinavian archaeology has spent decades unearthing evidence of a conflict of enormous proportions in the wetlands of Eastern Jutland, a battle that researchers know as the Battle of Jutland and ...
VIENNA, Austria (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of over 100 Roman soldiers dating back to the ancient empire while renovating a sports field. Officials with the Wien ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A seven-skeleton mass grave tucked inside a well in Croatia offered scholars a chance to analyze the puzzling set remains. A team discovered that all ...
VIENNA — As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating ...