There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice ...

The tablets were thrown in a well to obscure what was written on them, but scholars painstakingly deciphered ancient ...

Learn about the cult district of Nida, an ancient cult site uncovered under Frankfurt that archaeologists are calling one of ...

Construction work for a new school in Frankfurt, Germany, has exposed a unique Roman sanctuary, part of the ancient town of ...

The idea that a silent, toxic metal helped unravel one of history’s greatest empires sounds like historical noir, but it is ...

Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large ...

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...

Holburne museum places renowned photographer’s pictures of ancient Roman statutes alongside his images of war and conflict ...

Caligula, the ancient Roman emperor infamous for his insanity and cruelty, may have had a soft spot for plants, according to recently published research. A new study co-authored by Trevor Luke, a ...