The ruins of Augusta Raurica near Basel, Switzerland are home to the best-preserved Roman theater north of the Alps.

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 ...

At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...

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 ...

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

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

Victims at Pompeii wore heavy tunics and woollen cloaks as they fled rocky volcanic fragments and gas thrown into the air, ...