How did a 2,000-year-old Roman tombstone end up in a New Orleans yard? For the past six months, this has been a question pursued by an archaeologist, an anthropologist, and a pair of classicists. As ...

He died nearly 2,000 years ago in what is now Italy. He was a sailor in the Roman navy, serving on an oar-powered warship called a trireme. He didn't lead a legion, seize a throne or start a new ...

Daniella Santoro and her husband, Aaron Lorenz, were clearing weeds when they hit stone. What emerged from the tangle behind a New Orleans house was a slab of marble carved in Latin. Within days, ...

Roman tombstones and epitaphs provide a unique window into daily life, social status, family structures, and beliefs about death and the afterlife. From humorous inscriptions to solemn memorials, ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Researchers found more than aged vintage in a Spanish wine cellar, instead discovering the tombstone of a Roman cavalry rider that rewrites what we ...