The world's first recorded case of triplets and a Roman-era king are among the remains of more than 1,500 people held by ...

Remains of more than 1,500 people – including a possible king and the first recorded case of triplets anywhere in the world – are held ...

Castoreum, a substance from sacs near a beaver’s anus, has been used in human products for more than 2,000 years. Some wonder if it's still an ingredient on today's grocery shelves.

Caligula was adored by the people of Rome, too, in part because of their love for Germanicus but also out of sympathy for the ...

Hadrian’s Wall — a 73-mile construction across northern Britain that marked the frontier of the Roman Empire — is no stranger to penis imagery. The nearly 2,000-year-old example of Roman engineering ...

Sifting through the damp soil of the southwestern United Kingdom, archaeologists slowly unearthed an ancient Roman settlement. The ruins seemed “typical” at first — but then “something more unusual” ...

In just the last month, the Supreme Court has heard three important religion cases, culminating in yesterday’s argument over ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...