When Julius Caesar wrote a series of histories about the Gallic Wars around 53 B.C.E., he mentioned a fascinating group of ...

Construction crews in Vienna last year made an unprecedented discovery. They found intertwined skeletal remains in a mass ...

In other words, deaths and dead bodies are usually not abhorrently displayed in public in civilized societies. Of course, in ...

At a site not far from an ancient forum and amphitheater once used to host Roman gladiators, archaeologists discovered an ...

In the U.S., the idea elicited enthusiasm among conservative Christians who hoped that the Jews’ return to Israel would help ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

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

Chemical analyses revealed wine residue on both expensive goblets and common cups unearthed among the legendary city's ruins ...