Roman

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice.

This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

Despite its grandiose name, this enigmatic first-century void under the town is no cave, and it's possibly not a palace either.

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.