Pessimists often compare today's troubled America to a tottering late Rome or an insolvent and descending British Empire. But medieval Europe ... These works were sort of like the incomprehensible ...

ROME -- A sixth-century copper factory, medieval kitchens still stocked with pots and pans and remains of Renaissance palaces are among the finds unveiled Friday by archaeologists digging up Rome ...

The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a ... on the Gough Map corresponded to Roman roads, while another third were ...