A major restoration of the Colosseum has given it a bright new look, using the same travertine stone Roman builders used 2,000 years ago.
Crowds once mingled below two tall arcades supported by 164-foot-tall columns. But due to earthquakes and unstable foundations, these architectural elements collapsed long ago ...
A flood in Apollosa, Italy, revealed limestone blocks carved with reliefs of battling gladiators that were part of a monument ...
The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...
The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate ...
In a semicircular piazza outside the arena, blocks of travertine marble have been placed where original pillars once stood.
Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental Roman funerary complex near the town of Apollosa in southern Italy’s Benevento province. The discovery of ancient gladiator carvings from the Roman era came ...
Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator schools called ludus. Their diet was predominantly vegetarian, featuring barley-based meals ...
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