European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

The fishy sauce was beloved by the ancient Greeks and Romans, but until recently ... in what was once the Roman city of Baelo Claudia in southern Spain. Bridgeman Images While archaeologists ...

Sculptures are first-century Roman ... 1800s. Ancient Macedonians prized the big-cat hunt and regarded a lion pelt as a symbol of fearlessness. UIG / University Historical Archive / AKG-Images ...

The Empire State Building is shining gold and white tower lights for a four-hour window to honor the life and legacy of Pope Francis following his death.

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

Today, AD joins architect Nick Potts in London to uncover the city’s ancient Roman origins. Before London, there was Londinium, the capital of Roman Britain, and although it was abandoned by AD 450, ...

An excavation in northern Sudan suggests there were limits to the military might of the Roman Empire – even if the Romans weren’t prepared to admit them. The imperial forces claimed they ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...

Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...

Average income in the Roman Empire was 2.25 times the subsistence minimum, compared to 1.88 in the Han Dynasty. The top 1% in Rome earned 19% of total income, while in Han, it was 26%. The Gini ...

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

Ongoing digs at a Roman villa in the town of Villajoyosa in Spain, have revealed more than 4,000 fragments of wall paintings.