An eavesdropped conversation in a bookstore several years ago led to the recent recovery of a first-century A.D. Roman mosaic that had been missing for over 70 years. Close-up view of a long-lost ...

Gianni De Zuccato a well-preserved colorful mosaic floor of an ancient Roman villa archaeologists have revealed among vineyards near the northern city of Verona, Italy. The official in charge of ...

Archaeologists in the U.K. have revealed how they unearthed a 1,600-year-old Roman mosaic and lifted it out of the ground. The mosaic floor, which dates from the late 3rd or early 4th century A.D., ...

Archaeologists uncovered a rare Solomon’s Knot mosaic in the ancient city of Smyrna, revealing Late Roman symbolism, urban life and reuse.

A giant poolside mosaic featuring intricate geometric patterns has been unearthed in southern Turkey, revealing the far-reaching influence of the Roman Empire at its peak. The mosaic, which once ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Irwin wasn't planning to discover anything. He was planning to lay electrical cables to wire an old barn for his kids to play in.

(CNN) — Archaeologists in England have discovered a "fantastic" Roman mosaic on land earmarked for a supermarket, suggesting a villa once occupied the site. A team of experts from Oxford Archaeology ...

The mosaic with dolphins discovered in Austria. Credit: OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH A team of archaeologists from OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH and the University of Salzburg discovered three exceptionally ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A group of volunteers has discovered a rare Roman mosaic in Boxford, England, that they say is ...

Combat. Conflict. Life or death skirmishes. Brawling. Judging from the admittedly small sample of nearly a dozen fragments of floor mosaics, several quite large, in a new exhibition at the Getty Villa ...

Two ancient Roman mosaics worth £560,000 ($700,000) have been temporarily barred from leaving the U.K., buying time for a domestic public collection to acquire them. A potential interested buyer has ...

The discovery of the two mosaics in Southwark, across the Thames from the City of London, has been greeted by archaeologists as “exceptional.” By Emma Bubola LONDON — The Southwark district in London ...