A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 ...

Country names often fade into the background of a map and eventually become fixed and obvious. But the truth is, they’re anything but. These names are often rooted in ancient riddles, happy accidents, ...

A gold shilling located by a metal detectorist near Norwich may be no larger than a fingernail, but it wields quite a bit of ...

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Birds were prominent figures in ancient Rome. Certain owls and eagles were considered powerful divinatory omens, while ...

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a Roman-era sarcophagus that depicts Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest.

An investigation carried out with an unmanned underwater vehicle has revealed new details about an 18th-century shipwreck in ...

Researchers used robotic diving vehicles to study gold coins on the seafloor by the wreck of the Spanish galleon San José.

Researchers have used an unmanned underwater vehicle to carry out a non-intrusive investigation of an 18th-century AD ...

A hodgepodge of East and West, Mithridates’ Pontic Empire emerges as a compelling possibility of what Alexander's empire could've been.

Experts at GuruWalk have crowned Rome as Europe's 'most walkable city'. They noted: "The Eternal City remains a key ...