According to the ancient notes, the tax-evasion scheme ... of slaves — all to avoid paying duties in the far-flung Roman provinces of Judea and Arabia, a region roughly corresponding to present ...

Tassan was showing me a milliaire, or milestone, one of hundreds planted along the highways of Gaul at the time of the Roman ... maps to 21st-century aerial photographs, located broken bits of ...

Some of Italy's best wineries are located just south of Florence throughout the wine region of Tuscany. Here are the 9 best ...

For the first time, an archaeological investigation has conclusively documented the existence of a brückenkopfkastell—a Roman ...

All parts of the Greek and later Roman world were built upon exploiting either their conquered foes or those with the simple misfortune of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite its ...

Yungang's caverns have carvings of Central Asian merchants leading camel trains laden with silk, and Angkor Wat's stone walls ...

Imagine standing on a rugged cliff, the wind whipping past as you gaze at ancient lava fields, fossilized dinosaur footprints ...

One way to balance your holiday choices with residents’ quality of life is to stay in less tourist-heavy areas. Francisco ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite ...

The Central Government has agreed to consolidate the country’s administrative map, resulting in a total of 34 provincial-level units: 28 provinces and 6 centrally governed cities. Of the new 34 ...