Italian restorers have used laser beams to clean an ancient Roman marble column in the piazza outside the prime minister’s ...

Two recently opened stops by the Colosseum double as museums, showcasing the ancient artifacts and ruins unearthed during ...

Roundworms are eight- to 12-inches-long and live in the intestines, They can cause abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea. The ...

Analysis of latrine sediments at the Roman fort of Vindolanda has revealed that at least three parasites were widespread ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely ...

In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were ...

Once captured, how did you ship a three-ton rhinoceros 4,000 miles to Rome? Part 2 tracks the incredible journey of arena animals via ox-cart, ship, and the Roman postal service to their final ...

Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch citizen who has admitted to killing American tourist Natalee Holloway in 2005, appears to have attempted to end his own life in a Peruvian ...

As we face a changing past, Jason Berry looks back on years of reporting on clerical abuse, and reflects on the influence of ...