Archaeology

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

Once believed to be a sacred Roman legionary symbol, this bronze figure inspired the 1954 novel 'The Eagle of the Ninth.'

These 2000 year old remains of a Roman aqueduct are hidden inside a hotel lobby.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

A small gallery in the home of the founding father of Mata Ortiz pottery.

These thermal springs were once popular with residents of a nearby Roman colony.

The remnants of a 1849 sunken ship lie underneath a building.

The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.

Red ocher pictographs survive in this tufa rock shelter on the shore of an ancient lake.