Roman Villa

Pompeii is shining a light on mysterious rites of ancient Rome thanks to terracotta-style solar roof tiles installed on one of its most famous villas.

Chelsea showed they can cope amid the Roman Abramovich turmoil as they won 3-1 against Norwich just hours after their Russian owner was sanctioned by the British government, while Leeds plunged deeper into relegation trouble on Thursday

Pompeii archaeologists said Saturday they have unearthed the remains of a "slave room" in an exceptionally rare find at a Roman villa destroyed by Mount Vesuvius' eruption nearly 2,000 years ago.

Inside a miniature tomb, in the middle of what used to be a sprawling Roman villa, is the skeleton of a 10-year-old child who died more than 1,500 years ago. It is on its side, its mouth agape and stuffed with a limestone rock about the size of a big egg.

One of Britain's biggest and most elaborate Roman villas has been unearthed by chance by a homeowner laying electric cables in his garden at Wiltshire in south-west England.

Isco, who recently signed a contract extension with Malaga, is just 20 but is one of the most exciting prospects in the Spanish game right now and has been linked with a host of top European clubs.

A farmer's field near an ancient Roman villa excavated in Buckinghamshire has yielded a long-buried secret - it was a graveyard for prostitutes' babies slaughtered by the Romans. The site was an ancient brothel and the 97 baby skeletons found there could have been the unwanted babies of prostitutes, say experts. The Yewden villa at Hambleden in Buc...

Pompeii is shining a light on mysterious rites of ancient Rome thanks to terracotta-style solar roof tiles installed on one of its most famous villas.

Chelsea showed they can cope amid the Roman Abramovich turmoil as they won 3-1 against Norwich just hours after their Russian owner was sanctioned by the British government, while Leeds plunged deeper into relegation trouble on Thursday

Pompeii archaeologists said Saturday they have unearthed the remains of a "slave room" in an exceptionally rare find at a Roman villa destroyed by Mount Vesuvius' eruption nearly 2,000 years ago.

Inside a miniature tomb, in the middle of what used to be a sprawling Roman villa, is the skeleton of a 10-year-old child who died more than 1,500 years ago. It is on its side, its mouth agape and stuffed with a limestone rock about the size of a big egg.

One of Britain's biggest and most elaborate Roman villas has been unearthed by chance by a homeowner laying electric cables in his garden at Wiltshire in south-west England.

Isco, who recently signed a contract extension with Malaga, is just 20 but is one of the most exciting prospects in the Spanish game right now and has been linked with a host of top European clubs.

A farmer's field near an ancient Roman villa excavated in Buckinghamshire has yielded a long-buried secret - it was a graveyard for prostitutes' babies slaughtered by the Romans. The site was an ancient brothel and the 97 baby skeletons found there could have been the unwanted babies of prostitutes, say experts. The Yewden villa at Hambleden in Buc...