This Roman senator wrote some of the greatest letters in history. Here’s how Pliny the Younger’s words have kept ancient Rome ...

This innovative approach combines climate data, archaeological evidence, and population dynamics to simulate how Neanderthals moved across the landscape. The model reveals that by the time ...

In the summer of 2020, during Britain’s COVID lockdown, Jim Irvine noticed unfamiliar pottery scattered across his family’s ...

An ancient historian at the University of Leicester has found that the Rutland mosaic presents a version of the Trojan War that differs from the story told in Homer’s Iliad. Researchers studying what ...

India's Largest Circular Labyrinth Links Ancient Rome to the East. Archaeologists have unveiled India's largest circular labyrinth, a remarkable 15-circuit stone structure measuri ...

Archaeologists have revealed that a Roman-era Trojan War mosaic discovered in Britain in 2020 has long been misinterpreted.

The Battle of Pydna in 168 BC was arguably the most consequential clash between ancient Rome and the Kingdom of Macedon.

Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination ...

In the 18th and 19th centuries, biblical scholars interested in parallels between ancient religious belief systems argued ...

The curious skeleton of a Roman-era individual in Britain, nicknamed the Beachy Head Woman, is not who we thought she was.

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...

Hungry ogres, giant goats and trees that offer gifts... see how ancient lore, Norse gods and rites both old and new shape ...