A supposed "backwater" of the Roman Empire is challenging traditional assumptions about the ancient civilization's decline, according to a research project that has lasted more than a decade. For 13 ...

Archaeologists in Cologne, Germany have made a jaw-dropping discovery beneath the city’s historic center: a 2,000-year-old ...

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The Late Antique Little Ice Age lasted 200-300 years, and began around 540 CE. In reality, the fall of the empire almost certainly occurred through a complex interplay of socio-political factors—but ...

Scholars Finally Decode 'Unreadable' Ancient Roman Tablets That No One Was Supposed to See ...

A bronze, temple-shaped box dating back over 1,700 years was discovered in central Romania, officials with the Turda History Museum announced in late September. Archaeologists unearthed the box over ...

Ancient Rome didn’t abandon its gods overnight. The rise of Christianity was a slow transformation of the cult-based religious order that had structured Roman life for centuries ...

The jackhammers are a common occurrence in modern Cologne. The city’s rich history goes back to the Roman times, and finding archaeological remains isn’t new. This time, the discovery came from the ...

Papyri from the Roman Empire provide authentic insight into how Christians in antiquity imagined Joseph and Mary's experiences with the census.

AI reimagines historical Roman figures as modern-looking people, bringing emperors, philosophers, and leaders into the present day.

A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out ...