When Mary Met the Angel Two thousand years ago, a young woman in an obscure corner of the Roman Empire received a message that would change the world. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ‘The ...

Amateur archaeologists uncovered a sandstone relief of the Roman goddess of victory in Northumberland. The find occurred in a pile of rubble at the famed Roman fort Vindolanda. Dated to about 213 ...

Rare Roman Victory goddess relief found near Hadrian's Wall. (photo credit: THE VINDOLANDA TRUST) By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MAY 25, 2025 12:55. On May 1, amateur archaeologists Jim and Dilys Quinlan ...

Struggling to subdue the people of Spain in 134 B.C., Roman general Scipio Aemilianus realized he needed more troops. He turned to Numidia, a North African ally whose ruler, Micipsa, was glad to ...

Vindolanda was first built by the Roman army, before construction had even begun on the 73-mile-long Hadrian’s Wall, to guard the wild north-west frontier of the Roman Empire.