An expert believes that he has rediscovered the lost Byzantine settlement of Tharais in southern Jordan. Archaeologist ...

Ancient Greek and Roman stories in all their modern retellings and Hollywood adaptations remain powerful guides to our ...

Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once believed ...

A volcanic eruption sank Aenaria nearly 2,000 years ago. Now, underwater tours and ongoing excavations are bringing Ischia's ...

By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

A Roman-era bridge was discovered in the ancient city of Elefsina, west of Athens during works for a suburban railway line.

The excavation, which followed the discovery of two Roman swords in 2023, is providing historians with fresh insights into ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

Warfare was a way of life for many Ancient Egyptian pharaohs. A new Sky HISTORY series sees why several of their battles are considered the stuff of legend.

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have ...

Examine the ancient Greek slave classes and their role in maintaining the economy. How they were represented in art and ...