The Roman Empire brought together millions of people of different cultures, ethnicities and religions. But how did its ...

I've been working as a tour guide in Rome since 2008, and it only seems to be getting more crowded with tourists. Instead, go ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

An overview of Ancient Greek art, including painting, sculpture and architecture, and a look at how it changed over the years ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a fascinating relic of ancient administrative practices during excavations at Abel Beth Maacah, a site in northern Israel rich with historical significance. This ...

An examination of ancient DNA recovered ... as well as strong social support, making Britain’s Celtic society “more egalitarian than the Roman world,” said study co-author and Bournemouth ...

Highway workers found an ancient Roman cemetery, including a grave filled with a curious substance, during a recent highway construction project in England. The announcement was made last week by ...

A hoard of Roman coins dating from the Fourth century and covering the reign of nine emperors has been found in northern Luxembourg ...

The coins include depictions of nine Roman emperors who ruled between 364 and 408 A.D. Among the hoard is Eugenius, an infamous ruler considered illegitimate by the Eastern Roman Empire ...

It's adding to that pile of evidence that women were able to wield quite a lot of social and political influence ... communities by examining the ancient DNA of groups that were buried together ...