archeology – Richard's blog

The Horror of Herculaneum

Years ago I walked around Herculaneum and was impressed by how well preserved it was. I could see wood, plaster and more. You could see

I like archeological twitter because it shows us curiousities every day of the week, several times a day. I like the image of the mosaic

A few years ago we read about a vineyard where people had been digging. They discovered a vineyard that was well preserved. At least with

When you walk in specific European cities you find that history is either very visible, or hidden just beneath the surface. In Rome and other

I have walked more than once along the Via Appia but I don’t remember seeing this mosaic. It shows a gladiator with a trident. The

When I started writing about the Roman civilisation in the summer of 1996 content was still new on the web. Wikipedia didn’t exist and we

Cramond tower which sits on the corner of a Roman fort. Located in Cramond village, just outside Edinburgh, the tower reuses much of the stone

For years I heard about Roman pisciculture baths near the sea in Spain and I thought that this is where they would keep fish for

Over a few months I have seen that tweeting about the Romans is growing in frequency. The accounts that I see are tweeting about Roman