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 ...

A new DFG project has been launched to study brick stamps in Roman Trier. Trier reached its peak in the 4th century AD, when ...

During a recent excavation on the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, researchers discovered something remarkable: a Roman aqueduct—the first one ever found in the country. Dating back to the second ...

According to a recent analysis of a 1,900-year-old papyrus from ancient Rome ... two men who lived in a border region between two Roman provinces. The scroll, written by a prosecutor in ...

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 ...

The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...

With miles of winding streets, along or between the city's historic seven hills, Rome is a lot to maneuver almost any way you look at it. Understanding the Eternal City's layout can help you from ...

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 ...