Could this artefact change what we know about the discovery of the Americas? (Picture: Romeo Hristov/University of New Mexico) Over the centuries it’s always been recognised that Christopher Columbus ...

A flood in Apollosa, Italy, revealed limestone blocks carved with reliefs of battling gladiators that were part of a monument ...

A quiet cloister behind a wooden door near Rome’s Pantheon offers calm meditation, while its frescoes reveal a turbulent past ...

Researchers have estimated how much the home's owners may have paid to paint the small sacrarium, calculating the price of the Egyptian blue pigment and the hours of labor required to prepare it ...

A rare 1,700-year-old discovery by archaeologists in Turkey highlights the use of advanced engineering of the Roman-era.

The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate ...

The historical structure is Italy’s most popular tourist destination, with nine million visitors in 2025 alone.

After the death of Alexander the Great, a eunuch named Philetaerus established the ancient Greek city of Pergamon a major center of power.

Archaeology is the discipline that keeps on giving. We might think that we know enough about history already, but every now ...

Yet beneath the marble panels and mosaic floors lay a far harsher reality. Roman public latrines were dim, crowded environments where men and women likely sat side by side, using a shared sea sponge ...

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A modest 20-seat public latrine in Ostia, Rome’s bustling port city, is once again shedding light on the surprisingly communal and sophisticated sanitation culture of the Roman world. Far from being ...