Dozens of buildings in the Egyptian city, the southern Mediterranean’s most-populated metropolis, are collapsing from coastal ...

A scattering of pock marks on Pompeii’s city walls may prove a mythological “super weapon” may have been real after all.

Ancient mosaic in Turkey undergoes new conservation as experts work to preserve rare 5th-century artwork with optical ...

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

Built atop Roman ruins and overlooked by Vitosha mountain, the Bulgarian capital Sofia has everything from hot springs to ...

Such virtual unrolling is a two-stage process pioneered by W. Brent Seales, a computer scientist at the University of Kentucky.

Cyprus, the island known for its lovely beaches and ancient ruins, is one of the few divided countries in the world, offering ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

Roman soldiers typically stayed at temporary camps for a few days or weeks before continuing marching. The Hoog Buurlo camp ...

Most visitors never experience the natural masterpieces that lie off the tourist trail—from bubbling hot springs to unearthly ...

A German tourist was arrested in Rome after authorities saw him transporting a large alleged ancient Roman artifact on an ...