A discovery among the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii has revealed a long-lost secret surrounding the Roman Empire.

Archaeologists in Hungary have opened a sealed Roman coffin that had not been disturbed for roughly 1,700 years, revealing a ...

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Archaeologists excavating a residential district in northeastern France have uncovered three ancient ceramic storage jars containing an astonishing cache of at least 40,000 Roman coins. The discovery ...

Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

The social status and evolving rights of children in ancient Rome, from the absolute power of a father to early legal ...

After twenty-three years filled with fear, paranoia, and the countless lives lost in its reckless pursuit, the grim and wholly unlikable Emperor Tiberius died at the ripe old age of 78 - a milestone ...

Discover fascinating ancient myths and legends – from lost cities to warrior women – that archaeologists and scientists have ...

A cube-shaped skull from 1,400 years ago is opening a mystery that may reshape our understanding of the ancient world.

The findings are comparable to Hadrian’s Wall, which separated Roman England from the ‘wild’ Scotland. However, unlike ...

Officers seized around 10,000 archaeological artifacts, including 7,000 coins issued by various Greek city-states that ...

Turkish archaeologists have discovered a rare 3rd-century fresco near İznik depicting a Roman-style Jesus as the ...