We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...

A farmer’s unexpected discovery in Slovakia has revealed a stunning 1,000-year-old crown ...

Made from natural materials such as clay, water jug filters have been used for hundreds of years in every continent by ...

In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a ...

For more than a century, experts have argued whether it belonged to the 11th-century ruler Constantine IX Monomachos and how the crown ended up on the far northern reaches of the Byzantine Empire.

Whatever date you pick for the fall of the Roman Empire—perhaps you’re a 476 traditionalist, or maybe you’re like me and you prefer the turbulent wave of downturns in the 530s and 540s—the ...

Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...

Spotting a rare foreigner in the southern Syrian city of Nawa, Khalil approaches with a business proposal: bring him a “very ...

Underwater archaeologists found a Roman breakwater made from recycled architectural fragments off the coast of Bacoli in ...

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

Archeological excavations of Pompeii continue to shed light on the daily lives of ancient Romans.

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...