Reconstruction of a Gallo-Roman Resident of Switzerland from Circa 700 AD
By circa 700 AD, the Western Roman Empire had collapsed for over two centuries, and yet remnants of the Gallo-Roman culture was found in many…
By circa 700 AD, the Western Roman Empire had collapsed for over two centuries, and yet remnants of the Gallo-Roman culture was found in many…
A preventive archaeological excavation carried out by INRAP at the city of Mâcon (in east-central France) revealed the remains of a necropolis dated from circa…
The present day small town and commune of Uzès in southern France is known for its tourism, wine-making and licorice production. But the name in…
By late 1st century AD, a large number of people living in the Gaul regions were endowed with Roman citizenship, a significant factor that led…
Oddly and quite disappointingly, the legacy of the Normans in England has sometimes been vilified on account of them being foreigners and ‘French’ who supposedly…
Magna Graecia (‘Great Greece’ or Megalē Hellas) pertains to the various coastal factions and settlements of southern Italy that were colonized by the Greeks from…
It is not often that archaeologists come across ancient cargo possibly stolen by the Romans themselves. Well, such a rare occurrence happened in November of…
Goths – the very name alludes to the chaotic times in continental Europe that derailed the existence of the Western Roman Empire. And while the…
The National Trust’s Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, which now comprises a working farm and a Georgian mansion house, also boasts its fair share of late…
Archaeologists in Greece have reportedly located the remains of a lost ancient city which, as per mythology, was first inhabited by Trojan war captives after…