There’s something electric about walking down a street where every stone beneath your feet has witnessed empires rise and fall. In a handful of places around the globe, the ancient past doesn’t hide ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...

From politics to the Oscars, the #MeToo movement is spotlighting the nature of women’s relationship to power. Why are traditional positions of power still closed to so many? How do women work within ...

Although we often romanticize the bare marble of ancient sculpture today, most of these specimens were in fact painted in bright shades of blue, red, yellow, brown and many other hues. Over the past ...

The post Saturnalia: When Ancient Rome Chose Joy Over Order appeared first on The Queen Zone. The streets of Rome once ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

Based on genetic material preserved in birch bark tar from Estonia, researchers found that the teen likely had brown hair and ...

Researchers have uncovered extensive pre-Hispanic settlements hidden beneath the waters and vegetation of Bolivia's Great Tectonic Lakes. Using advanced LiDAR technology and collaborative fieldwork ...

Cancer is widespread today, but it doesn’t appear to have been in the ancient world. Why not? Researchers are learning more about the history of cancer and how civilizations have treated it. A study ...