A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid ...

Things came to a head in November, when protesters stormed a glitzy preview event for officials and foreign guests. The ...

In Worlds of Unfreedom, Roquinaldo Ferreira recasts West Central Africa as a key battleground in the struggle to abolish the transatlantic slave trade between the 1830s and the 1860s. Ferreira ...

From interning at fashion companies “down under” to getting a crash course in sustainable development in Patagonia, nearly ...

Carthage and Rome had amicable relations. But as their respective spheres of influence grew, Mediterranean geopolitics drew ...

Two 'stunning' stone altars discovered at a Roman fort near Edinburgh and acquired for the nation are to go on show for the ...

Archaeologists in Turkey say they have uncovered evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments, according to new research.

Nora doesn’t have the name recognition—or crowds—of Pompeii. But the well-preserved coastal settlement offers travelers a ...

The wreck, laden with dozens of preserved amphorae, was located during a routine patrol near Gallipoli in the Apulia region.

For decades, history and archaeology books have painted a very clear image of the covered Roman markets known as macellum.

History is often taught as if law followed a single European arc—from Roman codes to medieval courts to modern legal systems—while Africa appears governed by custom rather than law, tradition rather ...

Africa’s paradox is obscene. A continent endowed with natural resources worth trillions of dollars remains ensnared in ...