Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times, Roman ...

Iron fetters around the skeleton's ankles were secured in the center with a padlock. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A man who ...

Archeologists working in central England have found a shackled skeleton which, they say, provides physical evidence that slavery was practiced in Roman Britain. The adult male was buried in a ditch ...

Just outside the ancient city of Pompeii, archaeologists recently unearthed a small room where at least three enslaved people lived and worked until Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. The rediscovery of ...

Archaeologists at Pompeii's archaeological park have uncovered a bedroom that housed slaves. The room contains beds, a chest, and a chamber pot. The director of the park said this room is a "unique ...

Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the graves of 50 enslaved workers who labored at an elite Roman villa just under 2,000 years ago in what is now southern England. These burials date to the ...

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