The excavations taking place in the Roman city, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius, reflect the beauty and sophistication of ...

In the ancient city of Pompeii, a small house filled with elaborate frescos was discovered. Its decorations feature ...

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins were often incorrect, showing instead a diverse population with roots in the ...

The film follows the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus who has been living under a new identity to escape Roman politics.

Ancient shipwrecks have given scientists fresh insights into why the final remnants of the Roman Empire collapsed - nearly ...

According to accounts of ancient Roman writers, the following year, once Agrippina was confident Nero’s succession was assured, she had Claudius poisoned. The ancient authors who depicted ...

Pottery has long been used to date archaeological sites but previously held ideas about styles associated with the iron age ...

Researchers have discovered the mummified remains of a woolly rhinoceros with a hump, confirming the accuracy of ancient cave ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries. Observers see stories in the figures, like a mother ...

A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in ...

From emperors and conspiracies to gladiatorial games and daily life—see how well you know the empire that shaped the ancient ...

A small town in the Aragón region of Spain was saved from recent floods that killed more than 200 by an ancient Roman dam. Almonacid de la Cuba, a small town in the province of Zaragoza, Aragón in ...