Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome ...

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

Tariffs are back in the headlines this week, with United States President Donald Trump introducing sweeping new tariffs of at ...

Sarcophagus Lid with Reclining Couple, second half of 2nd century CE (Roman, Imperial Period, Torlonia Collection, Rome), is featured in “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the ...

The humble fish, or ichthys (ἰχθύς) in Greek, was a symbol that played a crucial role in the early years of Christian history ...

(photo credit: The Italian Ministry of Culture) A rare mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, was found at Ostia Antica, near Rome, offering concrete evidence of a Jewish presence in ancient Roman Ostia.

Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with Sotterranei di Roma, Undergrounds of Rome, a local group whose members explore ...

Credit: Livioandronico2013 / Wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Several prominent ancient Roman emperors loved Greece and did not keep it a secret. As the Roman Empire consolidated ... man from Bithynia ...

His rule marked the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Roman Empire. As the first leader of a new era in ancient Rome, Augustus faced numerous challenges legitimizing his rule. Despite ...

With the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, Rome entered a period of political upheaval settled only when Caesar's nephew Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra, took control of the Empire ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

A new DFG project has been launched to study brick stamps in Roman Trier. Trier reached its peak in the 4th century AD, when ...