This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

A renovated henge and stone circle just south of Stanton Harcourt village.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

Long before Moo Deng, this 17th-century waterfowl was a cultural sensation.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.