long-neglected ruins beneath the Colosseum floor. Beste has spent much of the past 14 years deciphering the hypogeum—from the Greek word for “underground”—and this past September I stood ...

Men working on the replica of the elevator that took wild animals to the Roman Colosseum floor. © ANGELO CARCONI/epa/Corbis A replica of the elevator that took wild ...

Archaeologists exploring the complex drain system beneath the Colosseum in Rome have discovered ancient snack remnants, coins, and other relics that paint a human picture of what it was like to ...