The history and techniques of Pankration, an ancient Greek martial art, have had a significant impact on modern mixed martial ...

The Wars of Alexander's successors, were a series of conflicts that erupted among the generals of Alexander the Great.

Alexandria, Egypt's historic coastal city, is grappling with severe consequences of climate change. Rising sea levels and ...

Archeologists conducting a dig underneath the Cressoni Theater in Como, Italy were surprised by the astounding discovery of hundreds of gold coins that date back to the late Roman imperial era in the ...

The Roman Republic was notably different from the direct democracy of the Greeks, as elected officials stood as representatives for the people in Rome, whereas in ancient Greece, individuals ...

Time for the Romans was divided differently, with the Kalends, the Ides at the start and middle of each month, respectively, and the Nones sitting between them. With the intention of maintaining and ...

Some of the world’s oldest roadways are only memories now—but many have been preserved as historic monuments or improved to handle today’s traffic.

Instead, the archaeologists — budding and not — last summer uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have ...

The £1m project will investigate gypsum burials across Yorkshire [University of York/Maureen Carroll] ...