The 2,200-year-old artifact was used in a famous battle between Rome and Carthage as part of the Punic Wars. Reading time 2 minutes An Italian cultural heritage outfit has announced the recovery of a ...

Ancient shipwreck treasures, a Roman battering ram from the Punic Wars, and remains of an underwater city headline Fernbank Museum’s newest exhibit: “Sunken Treasures, Ancient Seas.” ...

The Punic Wars from the Carthaginian perspective reveal a struggle for survival against an emerging Roman power. From the ...

Underwater recovery off the Aegadian Islands in Sicily uncovered a Montefortino-style Roman war helmet. The helmet was likely part of the First Punic War from 241 B.C. Experts call the helmet one of ...

Carthage, Tunisia (WHTM) In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two major powers in the Mediterranean Sea area vied ...

When divers plunged into the waters off Sicily’s Egadi Islands last summer, they didn’t just find rare artifacts from antiquity. They found the wreckage of an empire’s turning point. Resting on the ...

The helmet was discovered at the site of the Battle of the Egadi Islands. Sicilian Region Among the Egadi Islands, off Sicily’s west coast, divers have discovered a remarkably preserved Roman helmet.