Analysis of residues of Roman garum, or fish sauce, found at the bottom of seven jars from Pompeii suggests that the date of August 24, 79 A.D. for the fatal eruption of Mount Vesuvius, recorded by Pliny the Younger, is accurate. The sauce had been made with a fish species that was abundant in the area during […]

The port of the ancient Phoenician city of Tharros has been discovered off the coast of Sardinia, in the Mistras Lagoon. A 3,000-year-old knife and other artifacts were found in the Firse Sten tomb in Sweden. The tomb is 5,000 years old, but was reused during the Bronze Age.   Archaeologist David Nichols says that as […]