The vestal virgins Finally, the vestal virgins lived at the Temple of Vesta in Rome. Vesta was the native Roman goddess of the fireplace and the six virgins tended the sacred fire, baked sacred ...

The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition of a ...

Archaeologists uncovered remarkably well-preserved remains of a massive Roman basilica beneath a modern commercial building ...

The 2,000-year-old basilica was “once the beating heart of Roman London,” the Museum of London Archaeology said.