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 ...

We are all taught that the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD. It is one of the most famous dates in history, marking what is often ...

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 ...

ROME (AP) — The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to ...

Recent scientific discoveries include a new dinosaur species in Brazil, reassessment of bonobo behavior, and evidence of Roman use of human excrement in medicine. The dinosaur, Dasosaurus ...

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

Recent discoveries reveal a new giant dinosaur species in Brazil and ancient Roman use of human excrement medicinally. The Brazilian fossils show links to European species, suggesting ancient land ...

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 ...

Its design is extremely rare for the region where it was found.

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

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

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.