Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo ...

Public baths also often featured gymnasiums, libraries, restaurants and exercise yards. Archaeological evidence suggests even ...

Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site.

In the former Beverly Hills of Roman London, archaeologists were astonished to find thousands of fragments from Roman walls ...

Ancient Egypt had many impressive pharaohs, but which of them were especially fearsome warriors? Here are just some who ...

The ancient tomb, found in Abydos, Egypt, is thought to belong to a pharaoh who ruled 3,600 years ago, during a time of ...

Archeologists unearthed the tomb of a mystery pharaoh seven metres below ground level as the identity of the mummy baffles ...

Experts in London have spent three months piecing together the shattered remains of Roman artworks, revealing luxurious ...

Paper, invented in China around the 2nd century BCE, did not spread to the rest of the world until much later, as it remained ...

Archaeologists working at the Chichén Itzá site on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico recently made a stunning discovery — a ...

What did the concession stand serve at Roman gladiator fights? Dates stuffed with walnuts and drizzled in honey, apparently.

Their meticulous efforts enabled the complete reconstruction of the carved scenes, which depict Dionysus at the center, surrounded by a retinue of mythological figures: maenads, satyrs, Hermes, Pan, ...