Two Roman cavalry swords have been discovered by passionate local metal detectorist Glenn Manning in the Cotswolds, England. They are almost 2,000 years old and were found alongside the remnants of ...

A metal detectorist discovered two 1,800-year-old Roman cavalry swords still protected in remnants of their wooden scabbards, or sheaths in the North Cotswolds, England. Glenn Manning found the ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Aug. 3, 2016) -- Recently celebrating the 241st Anniversary of the founding of the Chaplain Corps on 29 July, the life and work of a Roman soldier who could be considered a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed what could be a significant Iron Age Roman settlement, potentially including a Roman villa, following the discovery of rare cavalry swords in the Cotswolds. The ...

He claimed the gods told him to build it. “Divine instruction” is what Roman Emperor Hadrian cited as the reason he commanded a wall to be built across 73 miles of Northern England which he came to ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of over 100 buried horses dating back to ancient Rome – but the skeletons weren't found in Italy. The excavation took place at Bad Cannstatt, a borough ...

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a vast horse cemetery from Roman times, a discovery that is "very rare," according to researchers. The excavation, conducted in Stuttgart's borough of Bad ...

00:36, Fri, Jul 4, 2025 Updated: 01:10, Fri, Jul 4, 2025 Archaeologists have unearthed an Iron Age Roman settlement after a remarkable discovery of rare swords, sparking excitement among historians.

Over two decades ago, a group of amateur archaeologists stumbled upon what appeared to be an ordinary, unremarkable clump of metal in a field in Leicestershire, the U.K. Initially dismissed as a mere ...