New research suggests that the illustrations may have been based on "Phrygians," a tragedy by the Athenian playwright ...

From ancient Rome to medieval Spain to Renaissance Venice, generations of mariners have relied on biscotti as a source of ...

Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...

A rare Roman-era mosaic discovered beneath a farmer’s field in Rutland has been found to depict a forgotten version of the ...

Urban populations in southern Britain experienced a decline in health that lasted for generations after the Romans arrived ...

Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...

A newfound mosaic draws inspiration from "Phrygians," a play by the Athenian playwright Aeschylus that survives only in bits ...

A sinkhole appeared on the Piazza della Rotonda after 40 pieces of its travertine marble cobblestones suddenly gave way.

Section of Panel 1 of the Ketton Mosaic shows Hector, prince of Troy, in his chariot. (©ULAS). A second-century Roman coin from Ilium in Turkey, labelled ‘Hector’, is an earlier example of the same ...

NASA's nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has made another set of critical strides toward launch. This fall, the outer portion passed two tests—a shake test and an intense sound ...

A newly discovered monumental basin in Gabii hints at how early Romans experimented with city planning long before Rome’s own layers were buried. In the center of the ancient city of Gabii, just 11 ...

Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz has created a unique stage adaptation of the Maya myth Popol Vuh MEXICO CITY -- Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz used to have a unique selection of bedtime ...