Perched on a hill overlooking the town of Alès, the site, which was salvaged before construction on modern houses began, also ...

For centuries, depictions of Cleopatra have emphasised her beauty and romantic entanglements – much more so than her ...

More than 1,800 years ago, the thousands of pieces formed colorful frescoes that covered the walls of a luxurious villa in ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

From soldier wages to political fortunes, Roman earnings reveal how war, wealth, and ambition shaped power in the ancient ...

Scattered in pieces, the city's largest area of painted Roman plaster was found amid the rubble, dating back at least 1,800 ...

While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to ...

The decorated plaster was found dumped in a large pit at a London development site that has previously yielded other ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Provence is a world-famous region that entices visitors with its idyllic countryside, historic towns, and charming villages ...

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

In the former Beverly Hills of Roman London, archaeologists were astonished to find thousands of fragments from Roman walls ...