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

Archaeologists have discovered multiple artifacts depicting ancient Greek deities in the ancient city of Finziade in Sicily.

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...

Two rare Roman cavalry swords discovered in a Gloucestershire field have sparked the excavation of a previously unknown Iron ...

A seventy-million-dollar renovation beautifully presents the museum’s non-Western art—even if doubts remain about whether all ...

Impressive in size, design and content, the GEM’s opening may be tainted by politics and connotations of authoritarianism ...

"These faces, these portraits, look at us from the past. Their gaze transports us to the royal court of the ancient and powerful Mayan kingdom." Archaeologists just made an eerie discovery dating back ...

In the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” moved through the undergrowth. Suddenly, the ground dropped out underneath its hairy paws, and it fell into a ...

Archaeologists uncovered well-preserved ancient Roman homes, a 15-foot mural mosaic, and graves near Alès, France, dating back to late Antiquity.

The 'rediscovery' of the ancient city of Imet, in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta, has been hailed a landmark historical find.

Ancient Roman baths offered more than hygiene—they were social hubs with gyms, libraries, and saunas, blending relaxation, politics, and sex!

You'd expect to find a rare ancient Roman helmet in Rome, but where this one was found reveals just how far the Roman Empire fought from home.