Hyperallergic

Our Enduring Fascination With Ancient Roman Baths

Ancient Roman flip-flop mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, Italy (c. 4th century CE) (photo courtesy Isabella Baldini) What could be better in antiquity — and today — than relaxing at ...
Greek Reporter

Roman Quarry Discovery in Italy Reveals Source of Advanced Ancient Mortar

Study finds an ancient Roman quarry in Italy supplied volcanic material for high-performance mortar at a bath and theater ...
Miami Herald

Students unearth massive 1,500-year-old Roman structure in Italy. See the ruins

Archaeologists and students unearthed the 1,500-year-old ruins of huge semicircular room at a Roman bath complex in Aquileia, photos show. Photo from the University of Udine Digging into the stony ...
Miami Herald

School construction reveals ancient Roman bath in Italy. See inside the hidden chambers

Buried under a school in Italy, ancient Roman structures were revealed. Screengrab from Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the city of Reggio Calabria's Facebook post In ...
La Brújula Verde

Roman Pozzolana Quarry Discovered in the Euganean Hills That Supplied Hydraulic Mortars to Cities in Northern Italy

For centuries, Roman architectural treatises —especially those written by Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder— have cemented in the ...
The Hill

Ancient home, prayer room open at Rome’s Baths of Caracalla

ROME (AP) — One the most spectacular examples of ancient Roman baths, the Baths of Caracalla, has become more spectacular. Authorities in Rome on Thursday opened to the public a unique private home ...