The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

From the Campidoglio’s exalted heights, ancient travelers gazed at ... Mussolini tore up much of central Rome and exposed the port of Ostia, the city’s main seaport in antiquity, as part ...

Ancient Roman Port Structures on the Tiber River Tiber River ... Unusually low water levels in several Norwegian fjords have revealed previously unknown Viking burial ships dating to the 8th and 9th ...

AD 79:- In the Roman port of Ostia Flavia Gemina, daughter of a prosperous citizen ... has stowed away on board the ship. They rescue Pliny the Elder, the Roman writer and naturalist from drowning, ...

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know ...

Walnuts, whose shells were frequently found in excavated layers, were among the most accessible nuts in ancient Rome. Romans valued them for their high fat content and long shelf life. Walnut ...

Archaeologists excavated a construction site in Stuttgart and found an ancient Roman graveyard with over 100 military horses, officials said. Photo from the State Office for Monument Preservation ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the ...

If you want a name that carries with it the weight of history, why not consider one from Ancient Rome? These Ancient Roman names have been carried by all manner of gods and goddesses, emperors ...

The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.