Clockwise from the bottom-left: Roman sandal remains, an x-ray of the remains, and recreation of how the footwear might’ve originally looked. Graphic: Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation ...

Archaeologists were left stunned when they uncovered a 2,000 year old shoe which has an uncanny resemblance to an Adidas Predator football boot. The small black shoe was discovered at a Roman fort in ...

The remains of a Roman sandal were recently discovered in Germany, officials said. Fitted with iron nails, they were likely worn by a soldier some 2,000 years ago. Image from the Bavarian State Office ...

It may not be evidence that they booted a football around Hadrian’s Wall 1,800 years ago but a new find does suggest that good design never goes out of fashion. Volunteers on the annual excavations at ...

The Roman army was a precise military machine with legions of disciplined soldiers who marched in formation. But despite trampling across the vast Roman Empire around 2,000 years ago, few of their ...