Roman military officers kept monkeys as companions and even gave them their own pets - Remains in an ancient cemetery provide ...

A Roman treasure hoard melted in a fire 1,800 years ago has been found in Histria, revealing jewelry, coins, and the life of ...

New research suggests that the illustrations may have been based on "Phrygians," a tragedy by the Athenian playwright ...

The Vatican released Pope Leo's apostolic letter "on the importance of archaeology," Dec. 11, "on the occasion of the ...

MIT scientists have used modern technology to unravel the mysterious self-healing properties of ancient Roman concrete.

Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...

A rare Roman-era mosaic discovered beneath a farmer’s field in Rutland has been found to depict a forgotten version of the ...

During excavations in the village of Senon, archaeologists found three 1,700-year-old jugs packed with approximately 40,000 ...

Archaeologists uncovered a rare smiling Medusa in the ancient Hellenistic city of Amastris, revealing a gentle twist on the ...

New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.