Naples is a city that defiantly resists any attempt at simplification. It is a powerful, captivating enigma: bold, ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

The myth of Persephone or Proserpina explains how Ancient Greece and Rome linked seasonal change with ritual, calendar, and ...

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

The partial collapse of the Torre di Conti has sparked a negligence probe and renewed fears about how the Eternal City protects — and fails — its ancient heritage.

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

A newly discovered monumental basin in Gabii hints at how early Romans experimented with city planning long before Rome’s own layers were buried. In the center of the ancient city of Gabii, just 11 ...

Archaeologists discover a Roman stadium in Blaundus, an Ancient Greek city perched above Turkey’s Ulubey Canyon.

Step back into the world of Ancient Rome, mapped out through Google Earth with unit placements that bring history to life.

Archaeologists in Budapest have unearthed a well-preserved Roman sarcophagus, revealing insights into the life of a young ...

"Asteroseismology with Roman is possible because we don't need to ask the telescope to do anything it wasn't already planning to do." ...