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

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

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

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

Modern societies often speak about the middle class, but did anything similar exist in ancient Rome? This video explores the complex social structure of the Roman world, where wealth and status were ...

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

An analysis of incense burners discovered in the doomed city identified traces of resin imported from sub-Saharan Africa or ...

A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for researchers of Roman history. Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the ...

The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate ...

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 ...

Most scientists claim that Romans adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. The reality, however, is more complicated.

Many people living in ancient Greece and Rome appear to have recognised that happiness can come from removing oneself from ...