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Discoveries and news in Rome

All the latest information about discoveries from the world of ancient Romans. I encourage you to let me know about any Roman news and to indicate any corrections or inaccuracies. I try to search for material everywhere, but it is natural that not everything will be noticed by me.

Ham-shaped sundial was Roman pocket watch

In the eighteenth century, while conducting excavations in an ancient Roman villa – Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, scientists came across an unusually small piece of metal that could easily fit in a cup of tea. As it turned out this object was a “pocket” Roman sundial.

Ham-shaped sundial was Roman pocket watch

Mysterious Roman artifact was ancient dildo?

Discovered in 1992, on the site of the former Roman fort of Vindolanda, in Northumberland (northern England), a mysterious ancient artifact has been re-analyzed by scientists. The latest conclusions of archaeologists may shock – they think it may be an ancient dildo!

Mysterious Roman artifact was ancient dildo?

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