Archaeologists in the Netherlands recently discovered a sizable conversation starter tucked away in a forgotten storage box.

A researcher may have identified a depiction of a female hunter—known as a venatrix—in an ancient Roman mosaic. According to ...

In 89 BCE, Rome dispatched forces under the command of general Lucius Cornelius Sulla to lay siege to the city. It was one of ...

The site contains 500 years’ worth of continuous Roman burials.

In theory, putting down the rebels of the First Jewish Revolt should have been easy for the mighty Roman empire. But ...

A massive Roman burial site with 3,000 tombs, which was used for 500 years, has been uncovered beneath a city. It has ...

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields and armor — when people imagine ancient Rome, they often think of its ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday. The last major atlas of ancient Roman ...

The ancient Romans loved their birds. They rated owls as omens, valued geese as guards, kept chickens for divination, and raised peafowl for food. As for the thrush, a plumb avian of the passerine ...

Walking through the city today, you will see ancient ruins, grand churches and old squares; while the Roman Empire ended in 476 CE, remnants of its history are still around. If you visit during the ...

Volunteers recently unearthed an ancient depiction of a Roman goddess while digging near a historic British landmark. The sandstone carving was found at Vindolanda, a fort in Northumberland, near ...

A hidden Roman sanctuary discovered beneath Frankfurt is offering rare clues about ancient rituals, including possible human ...