Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire, England, UK One of several villas in England's Cotswolds, Chedworth was rediscovered in 1864 and would have been in its opulent prime around AD 360.

These sprawling country estates could be the height of luxury and excess – think ornate gardens, private baths and magnificent banqueting halls. Here, we take a look at some of the finest Roman ...

AUXERRE, FRANCE—During excavation of a gravel pit on the shores of the Yonne River in 1966, workers uncovered the foundations of a Roman villa just south of the Roman town of Autessiodurum ...

Archaeology & History Ancient Roman Villa—One of the Largest in Gaul—Turns Up in France The site was first identified in the 19th century, but the structure's scale is only just coming to light.

"In Roman villa complexes, apsidal-ended rooms were usually reserved for dining or the reception of guests," Walton said. Outside the villa, the team identified a series of ditches.

It was in fact a mosaic, at least 1,500 years old, now believed to have adorned the floor of a very "high-status" Roman villa. "When they use the word 'villa'," explains Irwin, "that is actually a ...

Archaeology & History Roman Villa in Spain Yields More Than 4,000 Painted Wall Fragments The sections hint at the "rich decoration" of the stately residence, archaeologists said.

"It helps us to look at the wider Roman world , the villa is quite close to the A1 which was a Roman road so we can build up a picture. We can’t say at the moment if it would have been connected ...

The remains of eight people from the early middle ages found at the site of a Roman villa are to be reinterred. The skeletons - three men, a woman, three adolescents and a baby - were unearthed at ...

Only unearthed in 1998, the Villa of the Birds is one of the newest finds at Alexandria’s Kom el-Dikka site, also home to Egypt’s last remaining Roman amphitheatre. One of the empire's great cultural, ...