"[The] triumphal arc, which was built in the 3rd century in memory of the Roman Empire's victory against the Persians, looks ...

The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the ...

Researchers made the “extraordinary” find while excavating a 1,600-square-foot necropolis — an ancient cemetery with ornate tomb monuments — located near the location of the ancient settlement of ...

In ancient Rome, gladiators took part in one of the most bloodthirsty spectacles known to history. Depicted in Ridley Scott's epic films, the armed combatants engaged in violent public battles ...

Excavations at a necropolis outside of Liternum, near modern-day Naples, have found two ornate funerary enclosures.