The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world.

Rome authorities this month opened a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient Rome that visitors can literally walk over.

Archaeologists have uncovered the remnants of London's earliest-known ancient Roman ... in some ways the site that connects them all together. This is the heart of Rome in London, where all ...

the ancient commercial port of call outside Rome, he wasn’t sure what he might find. The dig site had not been explored in modern times, despite its central location next to a square that was ...

At its peak, it was home to some 2,000 people. Fragments of ancient pottery were uncovered at the site, allowing the team to map dates for when it was inhabited. They hypothesize residents fled ...

The Ancient Appian Way (Via Appia Antica) has a history that dates back to 312 B.C. and includes the site of Spartacus' execution (in 71 B.C.), the tomb of Caecilia Metella, and many a Roman ...

It was used also in ancient Rome, with Romans calling it caeruleum. The ingot found at the Domus Aurea was the star of the discovery, which also included the finding of yellow ochre pigments in ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...