Culture
Roman temples found with a sacrificial pit researchers say
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Researchers find Roman temples in modem-day Germany with a sacrificial space that raise questions about the nature of offerings to the gods and spirits.
Arts & Culture
Editorial: Philanthropy is the problem
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott critiques the way philanthropy structures our ideas about the pagan past to match the priorities of museum mega-donors.
Europe
Archeologists find 2,000 year old graves in Paris necropolis: Part II on Gaulish-Roman burial sites
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Archeologists find 2,000 year-old graves in Paris during the building of a train station expansion near Notre Dame Cathedral.
Arts & Culture
The Queen of Roads seeks UNESCO recognition
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Italy has made an application to UNESCO to designate the Appian Way, the road that connected Rome to its empire, as a World Heritage Site.
Basque
“When they told me what it was, tears flooded my eyes:” Discovery may hold secrets of the Basque language
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A recently discovered bronze artifact called the Hand of Irulegi may offer insights into the Basque language and the ancient tribe called Vascones.