Archaeologists working at the sprawling 200-acre site of Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli have discovered a breakfast room where the Roman emperor would dine with his wife, Vibia Sabina. Now a UNESCO World ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered fragments of a larger-than-life marble statue of famed Roman emperor Roman Emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus believe to date back some 1,900 years. The ...

Hadrian’s Wall is a symbol of LGBT history, English Heritage has said. The 1,900-year-old structure in northern England is known as one of the best-preserved relics of the Roman Empire. But perhaps ...

Greek archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of ancient artifacts while exploring the lost city of Tenea, which legend suggests was built some 3,000 years ago by Trojan prisoners of war. More than ...

AN ANCIENT coin bearing the face of Rome's famous Emperor Hadrian has fallen into the laps of a team of Polish archaeologists after unexpectedly discovering a trove of Roman-era treasures in southeast ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a portrait bust dating back to the era of Roman Emperor Hadrian in Türkiye. The 1,800-year-old bust was discovered near the western entrances of the theater at the ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that had ...

In the year 117, Hadrian succeeded his cousin Trajan as Roman Emperor. The Empire was at its height. Hadrian ordered his army to build a wall along the colony’s northern border. Work began on ...

Parts of a huge, exquisitely carved statue of the Roman Emperor Hadrian have been found at an archaeological site in south-central Turkey. The original statue would have stood 4m-5m in height, experts ...

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