Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/BBC News The Roman frescoes reveal stunning details like this daisy Archaeologists have pieced together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old wall plaster to reveal remarkable frescoes that decorated a luxurious Roman villa. The shattered plaster was discovered in 2021 at a site in Central London that’s being redeveloped, but...
Catherine Heathwood BBC World Service Getty Images Pope Victor I (L), Pope Gelasius I and Pope Militades (R) are all believed to be of North African descent Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the...
Charlotte Benton & Gavin Kermack BBC News, West Midlands Fieldings Auctioneers The coin is thought to be the only one of its kind to be found in Britain A Roman coin that is believed to be the first of its kind found in the UK has sold for nearly £5,000. Ron Walters, 76, from Kingswinford,...