While circumcision was common in many ancient cultures, the Romans considered it undesirable. In certain parts of the Empire, ...

It is believed indigenous people used the spring for thousands of years, and archeological evidence of ancient temples on the ...

From ancient artefacts to egg crafts and torchlit tours Bath’s most iconic site turns educational visits into magical ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh ... The latest discovery is the only ancient Roman-era mikveh found in Europe. The only other ancient mikveh in Europe is located in Palazzo ...

While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet. It will go on display in an ...

ANALYSIS: New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes ...

to the majestic amphitheatre and sumptuously stuccoed baths. But step outside the gates for a moment, and you’re in a very ...

The 6,500-year-old weapons, found in a cave near Marfa, could be among the oldest near-complete set of wood and stone hunting ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed ... architects reused ancient materials and sometimes entire buildings — including part of the colossal Baths of Diocletian, which Michelangelo ...