VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...

Archaeologists recovered fragments of armor, nails from Roman military boots, scale mail, and a rusted iron dagger. X-ray ...

Located in the Simmering district of Vienna, the mass grave holds the intertwined remains of at least 129 individuals. The ...

Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome battled Germanic people nearly 2,000 years ago.

Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the ... against the known history of relics found in the grave — armor, helmet cheek protectors and the nails used in distinctive ...