A notable recent trend in popular history is the revival of interest in the ancient world. Mary Beard, Tom Holland, Bettany ...

The first science fiction novel about man on the Moon was written in Greek by a writer named Lucian of Samosata 2,000 years ...

Deep in a trench in Tanzania, researchers found dozens of tools crafted from animal bones some 1.5 million years old.

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once ...

The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe.

Statue dated to late 2nd century A.D., was found alongside objects associated with Aphrodite, Eros, Artemis, and Nemesis.

Lead pollution in and around the Aegean Sea dates back to the Bronze Age and shows a strong spike associated with Roman ...

Nearly a decade after Pope Francis plucked them from a refugee camp in Greece, a Syrian couple and their child have carved out a quiet life in suburban Rome ...

Dead puppies, potential human sacrifices, and a painted dog penis bone—what was going on in Roman-era Britain?

Researchers found that the group led by Attila the Hun contained a mixture of diverse ancestries, with at least a few related ...

The remains of a young man, found in his bed in the destroyed town of Herculaneum, included glassy fragments that had mystified archaeologists ...

Beginning in the eighth century BCE, ancient Rome grew from a small town into an empire that at its peak covered most of ...