The parchment scroll, made in the Middle Ages, is the only surviving copy of a road map from the late Roman Empire. The document, which is almost seven metres long, shows the network of main Roman ...

Archaeologists in London have uncovered a well-preserved section of the Roman Watling Street beneath Old Kent Road. This find, made during construction work on the Southwark district’s heating ...

The incredible 700-mile Roman road trip through four European countries but not Italy Travel through a tapestry of history and nature, where the Via Egnatia unfolds its secrets across four ...

Ancient Roman Road’s Beginning Will Remain a Mystery for Now. ... And they unearthed the remains of a 10th-century road, ... the great third-century marble map of Rome.

Second, plotting lines through the Celtic Mediolanum settlements results in lines that map on to sections of Roman road, which themselves point not to Roman towns but at Celtic oppida farther along.

Archaeologist Gillian King said the discovery had redrawn the Roman road map in the capital. She added: “It is a key finding for archaeological research for London.” open image in gallery ...

The European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover now has a detailed map with which to help find its way around the Red Planet when it lands sometime in the next decade.

The base of the modern road was built directly on the Roman fabric. Roman roads are characteristically straight, so archaeologists already had a good idea of where it should be.

Twice a year, a hatch in a busy Lisbon street opens to reveal steps leading to one of the Portuguese capital's most ancient sites: a 2,000-year-old Roman structure that still holds the buildings ...

Throughout the thousand-year reign of the Roman Empire, disparate populations began to connect in new ways—through trade routes, economic and political collaboration, and joint military ...