Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall weren’t just defending the frontier—they were also battling parasites that made daily life ...

Excavations of sewer drains at a Roman fort in northern England have revealed the presence of several parasites that can ...

Tunisia is home to some of the most significant Roman and Punic ruins in North Africa: Dougga is considered the best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa. It features a mix of Punic, Numidian, ...

Certain legendary figures are actually rooted in history, and Saint Nicholas, otherwise known as Santa Claus, is one of them.

Monty Python famously asked what the Romans ever did for us, but as a new map shows, they constructed a vast network of roads that revolutionized the world. Called Itiner-e, the incredible map ...

When the emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia in A.D. 122, he was in full command of the entire Roman Empire, which stretched some 2,500 miles east from northern Great Britain to ...

Their questionable reputations and turbulent leadership brought about the downfall of Rome’s monarchy—and the rise of the Republic. Violence played a part in the reigns of Rome's last last three kings ...

For generations, Italian craftspeople have built scenes depicting Jesus’ birth, sometimes including figures of contemporary ...

Huge carved obelisks and stelas in northern Ethiopia were erected by the kings of the Aksum Empire, who ruled the Horn of Africa and Red Sea region for much of the first millennium A.D. The toppled ...

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...