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The Archaeology of Palmyra, Syria: Ancient Architecture in a Syrian City of the Roman Empire

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Vindolanda Roman Fort: A Roman Army Base and Civilian Settlement on Hadrian’s Wall

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Hadrian's Wall: The History and Construction of the Most Northern Roman Frontier

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Roman Settlement at Fiesole: Ancient Roman Remains near Florence, Tuscany, Italy

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Pyramids of Giza: Pyramids Served As Burial Tombs

By: Sharon Durmaskin

Henges, Circles and Standing Stones: A Brieft Guide to British Archaeological Monuments

By: Jennifer Walker

Ancient Thracian Sanctuaries: A Unique Combination of Ancient Astronomy and Orphic Mysteries

By: Rumyana Mokanova

Ancient Megalith Monuments at Thrace: The Holy City of Perperikon and Two Great Historic Prophecies

By: Rumyana Mokanova

The Archaeology of Knossos, Crete: What Excavation Revealed about the Cretan Palace of Knossos

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Forum and Basilica of Septimius Severus: The Layout of the Imperial Forum of Leptis Magna

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Colonnaded Street and Nymphaeum, Leptis Magna: The Monumental Route and Fountain Built to Honour Septimius Severus

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Cave Temples of Ancient India: Locating the Divine in the Living Rock

By: Jennifer Walker

Hadrian's Baths, Leptis Magna: A Luxurious Roman Spa in Libya, North Africa

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

An Introduction to the History of Teotihuacan: Mesoamerica's First Metropolis in the Early Classic

By: Alex Graham-Heggie

Bath House Complex at Chesters Roman Fort: Bathing and Recreation for Roman Soldiers on Hadrian’s Wall

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Living and Working at Chesters Fort, Northumbria: Administrative and Living Quarters in a Roman Fort

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Chesters Roman Fort, Northumbria: Roman Military Units and Defences along Hadrian’s Wall

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Roman Fort at Caerleon, South Wales: The Archaeology of the Roman Fortress of Isca

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The House of Neptune and Amphitrite: A Herculaneum House with an Roman Garden Room

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

A Caupona in Herculaneum: The Archaeological Remains of the Best Preserved Shop in Antiquity

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The College of the Augustales, Herculaneum: Roman Freedmen and the Imperial Cult in Herculaneum

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The House of the Stags: Layout of a Roman Villa in Herculaneum

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Asellina's Tavern in Pompeii: Roman Politics and Prostitution at Asellina’s Caupona

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Hotels and Hostelries in Ancient Pompeii: Eating and Sleeping in Roman Cauponae, Tabernae and Hospitiae

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Layout of a Typical Roman Mithraea: The Design of Temples of Mithras in the Roman Empire

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Construction of the Colosseum: How the Flavian Amphitheatre was Designed and Built

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Colosseum's History: The Rise and Fall of the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Amphitheatre at El Djem: The Third Largest Amphitheatre in the Roman World

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Pompeii's Amphitheatre: The Oldest Known Surviving Arena in the Roman World

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Roman Amphitheatres: The History and Design of Gladiatorial Arenas

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Excavation of Port Royal: What Remains of the Seventeenth Century Jamaican Colonial Port?

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The World's First Theatres Mixed Music with Art: Music Combined with Dance and Art in Paleolithic Caves

By: Colin Sean Teatro

Ancient Houses in Britain: Domestic Life in the Bronze and Iron Ages

By: Ian Arthur Colquhoun

The Earliest House in Britain: Mesolithic Life on the Coast

By: Ian Arthur Colquhoun

Life and Death in Ancient Ugarit: Houses and Tombs in Bronze Age Ugarit

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Palace of Ugarit: The Layout and Function of a Bronze Age Palace Complex

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Antonine Baths at Carthage. The Design and Layout of North Africa’s Largest Bath Complex.

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Houses in Ancient Carthage: The Remains of Late Punic Houses Under the Roman Forum

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The House of Vespasia Polla: A Roman House in Spoleto, Umbria

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Garden of Octavius Quartio: A Villa Style Garden in a Pompeian Domus

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Stonehenge: The History and Evolution of a Henge Monument

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Temple of Poseidon at Sounion: The Design and Development of an Ancient Greek Sanctuary

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Temple of Athena at Sounion: Exploring the Sanctuary Dedicated to Athena Sounias

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The House of Menander, Pompeii: The Connection Between Trade, Location and the Elite Roman Domus

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The House of the Surgeon, Pompeii: An Early Italic or Samnite House in Roman Pompeii

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Villa Selene, Libya: The Fine Mosaics and Frescos of a Villa in Roman Tripolitania

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Villa Poppaea: Exploring an Elite Villa of Roman Oplontis

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Hadrian's Villa: The Piazza d’Oro and the Canopus

By: W. Hommel

Nero's Golden House: The Domus Aurea and the Equiline Wing

By: W. Hommel

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