Tuesday, April 1 2025

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In the Netherlands, a 2,000-year-old Roman tomb belonging to a soldier named Flaccus has been discovered

In the Netherlands, a 2,000-year-old Roman tomb belonging to a soldier named Flaccus has been discovered

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb from the Roman settlement in Heerlen, Netherlands. Recent analyses indicate that the tomb belonged to a Roman soldier named ‘Flaccus.’ This finding is being celebrated as the “most distinctive evidence of Roman presence in this area,” marking the first instance of a Roman tomb from 0 AD that includes

World's oldest wine found in a Roman tomb in Spain

World’s oldest wine found in a Roman tomb in Spain

During excavations in a family mausoleum dating to the 1st century AD in the Carmona necropolis in Seville, they discovered a vase containing a reddish liquid. As a result of an archaeochemical study, experts identified this liquid as white wine. The wine inside the nearly 1900-year-old vase has become the world’s oldest wine preserved in