The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

Researchers say the man’s spinal damage, lung inflammation, and lion bite offer a rare glimpse into the brutal reality of ...

A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...

If it seems that we are more Roman than Christian these days, it can help to recall that the hero of Easter is Jesus and not ...

The legal fig leaf Trump used to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to a brutal Salvadoran prison is a law from 1798 called the ...

I do not believe incarceration should be a picnic. Although there are some people in our state's prison system who shouldn't be there, I'm convinced that the vast majority of them do belong there.

Based on their finds, archaeologists identified Gradishte as a forgotten city established by ancient Macedonians before the rise of the Roman Empire. An ancient theater ticket found at the ...

Ministers want reforms to sentencing policy that will reduce the prison population by more than ten percent, Sky News has learnt. The sentencing review is under pressure to deliver recommendations ...