The road is believed to have been hidden for nearly 2000 years.
Archaeologists were brought in to establish the authenticity of the cobbled path. The road is constructed with large stones laid in bands, a well-known Roman building technique.
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Incredibly rare type of Roman road discovered in Worcester, its only comparatives are in Rome and Pompeii.
The road is believed to have been hidden for nearly 2000 years.
Archaeologists were brought in to establish the authenticity of the cobbled path. The road is constructed with large stones laid in bands, a well-known Roman building technique.
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Monday, November 10, 2025
An intact ceremonial chariot unearthed at the Pompeii archaeological site is being hailed as the first artifact of its kind ever found in Italy, a unique find - which has no parallel in Italy thus far - in an excellent state of preservation
The chariot was meticulously uncovered since its discovery on Jan. 7, 2021 inside the portico of a stable outside the walls of the main settlement.
"This new find is even more special for being an ornamental (rather than utilitarian) vehicle found not disassembled in a burial or depicted through artistic convention on a relief, but as it was on the day of the eruption," Eric Poehler, a Roman archaeologist and Pompeii specialist who wrote a book on the city's ancient traffic systems.
It's believed the chariot was likely used for celebrations and parades and may have also carried new brides to their homes. The treasure was nearly lost to looters, who had dug more than 260 feet of tunnels in and around the site. But it was discovered thanks to the thieves after police came across the illegal tunnels in 2017.
Saturday, November 08, 2025
Roman roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday.
The last major atlas of ancient Roman road networks was published 25 years ago. Since then, advances in technology and other newly accessible sources have greatly expanded researchers’ ability to locate ancient roadways.
Over five years, a team of archaeologists combed through historical records, ancient journals, locations of milestones and other archival data. Scientists then looked for clues in satellite imagery and aerial photography, including recently digitized photos taken from planes during World War II.
When ancient accounts hinted at lost roads in a certain area, researchers analyzed the terrain from above to spot subtle traces — things like faint differences in vegetation, soil variations or shifts in elevation, as well as traces of ancient engineering like raised mounds or cut hillsides — that revealed where Roman lanes once ran.
The data and an interactive digital map are also available online for scholars, history teachers or anyone with an interest in ancient Roman history. https://itiner-e.org/ for the interactive map
Earlier research had focused on “the highways of the Roman Empire” — the large thoroughfares most often mentioned in familiar historical accounts, said Brughmans.
The updated map fills in more obscure details about “secondary roads, like the country lanes, that connected villas and farms” and other locations, said Brughmans, who’s based at Aarhus University in Denmark.
Researchers previously tallied the extent of Roman roads as covering around 117,163 miles (188,555 kilometers). The new work shows nearly 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) of roads across the extent of the Roman Empire, allowing travel from Spain to Syria.
The study added a lot to archaeologists’ knowledge of ancient roads in North Africa, the plains of France and in the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece.
Roman engineering feats to build and maintain roads — including arched stone bridges and tunnels through hillsides — still shape the geography and economy of the Mediterranean region and beyond, he said.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Saturday, June 21, 2025
remember the car chase scene in Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning (2023) at the historical Spanish Steps, in Rome? Some 80 yr old guy may have thought he was recreating that scene, or, he plain had no clue he was driving his Mercedes down these. But he got stuck none the less
Above, without crazy old men or Hollywood car chases in Fiat 500s... below? With the Fiat 500 car chase scene in the most recent Mission Impossible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds2cHsEgCTE
An 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes-Benz A Class sedan down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome early on Tuesday before getting stuck part way down, municipal police said in a statement.
A famed background for numerous films, they were built in the 1720s and have long been a popular spot to people watch and hang out.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
the genius of Roman roads, engineering brilliance, their strategically and economically significant, with an enduring impact they continue to have on modern infrastructure. One of history’s most comprehensive and enduring road networks
The layered construction, military utility, and cultural influence, make them studied and revered today
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