Kevin writes - This object is part of a carved sandstone statue showing a female head, which was found during excavations of ...

The semicircular room stretched about 100 feet across and originally stood several stories tall with elaborate decorations.

A remarkable Roman villa complex has been unearthed in Wiltshire's Chalke Valley, marking the first discovery of its kind in ...

An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all classes the chance to mingle, gossip and relax. They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious ...

It is the first time the site has been excavated and it is the only Roman villa known of in Wiltshire's Chalke Valley. At 35m long, the villa had columns, mosaics, a bath house and possible ...

Archeologists discovered an incredible Roman villa in Wiltshire’s Chalke Valley with the help of volunteers. The team of ...

A Roman villa indicating a "luxury lifestyle" has been discovered by archaeologists and 60 volunteers after metal detectorists reported a number of finds in the area. It is the first time the site ...

This magnificent centrepiece of the Roman Baths is a pool, lined with 45 sheets of lead, and filled with hot spa water. It once stood in an enormous barrel-vaulted hall that rose to a height of 40 ...

Ancient Roman bath houses typically included pools of three different temperatures: hot, warm and cold. Large imperial baths, like the one in Aquileia, also housed training rooms for athletes.

People mainly lived in small villages of wooden houses with thatched roofs. The biggest city in Roman Britain was Londinium (London). Aquae Sulis (Bath) was a town famous for its baths.