The Roman ruins uncovered at the Parco delle Acacie also include an ancient road, two massive basins, and a wealth of grave ...

Ancient Athenian democracy functioned as a chaotic and exclusive system that relied on many things, but what is truth and ...

Roman “wax tablets” were wooden frames holding a thin layer of wax used like a reusable notepad. The wax is gone in the Tongeren material, but stylus pressure sometimes bit deep enough to leave ...

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...

Authorities accused Anin and his former colleague Ekaterina Fomina of disseminating false information on the Russian Armed ...

Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome (Image Credits: Flickr) Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had ...

A recent academic study, published in the journal Hispania Antigua by researcher Eduardo Sánchez Moreno of the Autonomous ...

People have worshipped god since the beginning of recorded time. Some have been demigods, or half-human, or semi-divine.

Depictions of the eccentricities of Roman leaders were (and remain) interesting. But such leaders were often also dangerous, ...

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ancient Egypt. Dan is joined by Dr Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan at the ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.