Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists working in central London have discovered a burial site containing a wooden bed used in a Roman funeral. A team ...

An image of an archaeologist excavating the wooden funerary bed and a reconstruction of the artifact (top right) © MOLA Researchers have unearthed a rare Roman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of a bustum-style funeral pyre from the Roman Empire included 22 different gold objects. The collection of gold ...

Ancient Roman funeral processions were led by professional mourners who wore masks of the recently deceased’s ancestors. But because the masks were made from wax, none survived. Recently, a group of ...

This presentation examines the ways that the Roman funeral eulogy subverts traditionally understood priorities for Latin oratorical argumentation. Through a combination of close and distant reading, ...

Archaeologists working in central London have discovered a burial site containing a wooden bed used in a Roman funeral. A team from Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) made the find near Holborn ...