The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.

In the northern French city of Reims, the construction of a new house has brought an ancient home to the surface. Archaeologists discovered a domus ... in the classic Roman urban planning style ...

The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous ... Wealthier Romans – including those who lived in the countryside – lived in a domus. This was a house built around an unroofed ...

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