Volunteers recently unearthed an ancient depiction of a Roman goddess while digging near a historic British landmark.The ...

In a discovery hailed as the “first of its kind,” archaeologists in Israel have found a Roman marble sarcophagus which ...

Aside from the spirits, worshipped privately at home, the Romans had a large number of public gods. Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and ...

During the first century, the area of modern-day southwest Germany was being slowly taken over and brought into the Roman Empire. The Romans built entire towns, with forts and magnificent manor ...

A Roman head of the God Mercury has been found at Smallhythe in Kent (photo credit: National Trust Images - James Dobson) Archaeologists excavating a Roman settlement, used between the 1st and the ...

For example, the Roman state demanded from its colonies that they venerate the highest god, Jupiter ... with a statue of Jupiter on top Image: akg-images/Bildarchiv Steffens/picture alliance ...

Archaeologists in Trier found a stone statue connected to Mithras, a mysterious Roman god, and located an ancient cult space, photos show. Screengrab from Südwestrundfunk (SWR)'s video Torch ...

Some had wooden buildings and few, if any, featured classical images of gods. Others, particularly in the towns, opted for a more full on Roman style of worship, even if the old native traditions ...