TAG: Roman Empire
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Features January/February 2026
The Cost of Doing Business
Piecing together the Roman empire’s longest known inscription—a peculiarly precise inventory of prices
Ece Savaş and Philip Stinson -
Digs & Discoveries September/October 2025
Law & Order
Shai Halevi, Courtesy of the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library, Israel Antiquities Authority -
Features September/October 2025
Myth of the Golden Dragon
Eclectic artifacts from tombs in northeastern China tell the story of a little-known dynasty
Photograph courtesy Liaoning Provincial Museum, Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and Chaoyang County Museum -
Features March/April 2025
An Egyptian Temple Reborn
By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens
Ahmed Emam/© Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities -
Features January/February 2025
Unearthing a Forgotten Roman Town
A stretch of Italian farmland concealed one of the small cities that powered the empire
Photo Courtesy Alessandro Launaro -
Features July/August 2024
Making a Roman Emperor
A newly discovered monumental arch in Serbia reveals a family’s rise to power in the late second century a.d.
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Around the World March/April 2024
SYRIA
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Around the World July/August 2023
HUNGARY
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Features September/October 2018
Shipping Stone
A wreck off the Sicilian coast offers a rare look into the world of Byzantine commerce
(Courtesy Marzamemi Maritime Heritage Project)