Researchers from Mainz, Oxford, and Innsbruck have used carbonate fragments to unravel the complex history of the Arles ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

The hit historical drama has shot to the top of the streaming charts over a decade after airing its final episode.

Archaeologists reported finding the first "exceptionally large shoe" on May 21 and have continued to discover more since then ...

The best part of Aw, Hell is the walking tour at the beginning—it's not a long trek, though it is heavy on rules: No sinning.

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...

From the hills of the Czech Republic’s Moravia region, archaeologists discovered a rare bronze wrist purse worn by a Roman ...

According to Greek tradition, Odysseus had a son named Latinus who ruled over the Etruscans. Was he the King Latinus of ...

An expert said there could be more scrolls out there as artificial intelligence and other new technology helps to decipher ...

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