Religious shrine to Roman god uncovered at Hadrian’s Wall fort in England

October 1st, 2009 LONDON - A team of archaeologists has uncovered a lavish Roman amphitheatre in Italy at a site described as being of the same significance as Stonehenge. According to a report in The Times, the team, led by University of Southampton researchers, discovered an amphitheatre of a similar size to the Pantheon in Rome after two years excavating an ancient port, close to Fiumicino airport.

September 21st, 2009 LONDON - Archaeological excavations at the planned 1.5 billion pounds port at Coryton, England, have revealed a 2,000-year-old Roman salthouse. According to the Echo, the site where the mine was found is due to become a wildlife area, protecting a range of birds, animals and plants to offset any disruption caused during the construction of the port.

September 16th, 2009 LONDON - Archaeologists from Newcastle University, in collaboration with English Heritage, have begin the first systematic excavation of a cemetery on Hadrian's Wall in England, in order to preserve it effectively. Hadrian's Wall is a stone and turf fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England.

September 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Archaeologists have discovered one of the world's oldest synagogues in Northern Israel, dating back to some 2000 years from 50BC to 100 AD. According to a report by the CNN, the site was unearthed at the site of a new 122-room hotel near the Sea of Galilee.

September 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has uncovered a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region. According to a report by CNN, the wall is built of enormous boulders, confounding archaeologists as to how ancient peoples built it.

August 26th, 2009 BERLIN - Archaeologists have discovered fragments of a 2,000-year-old bronze Roman equestrian statue of Emperor Augustus in a stream near Giessen in Germany. According to a report in The Local, on August 12, archaeologists pulled the gold-gilded, life-sized head of a horse and a shoe of the emperor - who ruled the Roman Empire between 23 BC and 14 AD from a stream in what was once the Roman outpost Germania Magna.

August 16th, 2009 LONDON - An archaeologist from Hexham, England, has challenged perceived wisdom with startling claims that Hadrian's Wall was originally built of wood. Hadrian's Wall is a stone and turf fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England.

July 31st, 2009 JERUSALEM - A team of archaeologists has found a unique Aramaic inscription on a stone cup commonly used for ritual purity during the first century, in a dig on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. According to a report in Jerusalem Post, the six-week excavation is being carried out within the Gan Sobev Homot Yerushalayim national park, close to the Zion Gate of the Old City.

July 10th, 2009 NY ROTC cadet dies at Fort Lewis, Wash., trainingFORT LEWIS, Wash. — An ROTC cadet has died in a night ground navigation exercise at Fort Lewis in Washington.

July 6th, 2009 Israeli archaeologists discover ancient quarryJERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient quarry where they believe King Herod extracted stones for the construction of the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday. The archaeologists believe the 1,000-square-foot (100-square-meter) quarry was part of a much larger network of quarries used by Herod in the city.

June 17th, 2009 ROME - Archaeologists have unearthed a number of ancient Roman treasures during excavation outside the southern Italian city of Naples. Twelve ancient statues, columns and fragments bearing inscriptions from what appear to be monuments from the Republican and Imperial periods of ancient Roman history have been uncovered.

May 31st, 2009 ROME - Workmen inside Florence's courthouse have stumbled across a spiral column and hundreds of multicoloured fragments that experts believe may have belonged to a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis. According to Roman news agency ANSA, the remains, dating back to the second century AD, were discovered as the men dug a five by three meter hole, barely four meters deep, for a new water cistern for the courthouse's anti-incendiary system.

May 30th, 2009 LONDON - Evidence in the form of ancient Roman writing tablets has emerged that suggest public officials were involved in expenses scandals 2,000 years ago. According to a report by BBC News, writing tablets uncovered near Hadrian's Wall detail hundreds of expenses claimed by Roman officials.

March 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - As the Euphrates River dries up in Iraq's western Anbar province, ancient buildings are emerging from the river bed, which archaeologists can now access for the first time. According to a report by NPR (National Public Radio), the receding waters of the Euphrates River have revealed ancient archaeological sites, some of which were unknown until now.

March 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Archaeologists have recently uncovered evidence which indicates that Druids possibly committed cannibalism and ritual human sacrifice, perhaps on a massive scale, which add weight to ancient Roman accounts of Druidic savagery. After a first century B.C.