The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.

The team ventured into the partially flooded cave as part of an ongoing research project. See what they found inside.

There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of ...

A very lucky diver has struck historical gold after stumbling upon a jaw-dropping hoard of ancient Roman coins beneath the ...

The Roman salute is conditionally allowed in Italy and outright banned in Germany. German chancellor Olaf Scholz responded to ...

UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls that were ...

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable ...

Scientists have digitally "unwrapped" a 2,000-year-old charred scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum - providing the ...