In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by ...

A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...

For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s Colosseum can walk through a hidden imperial passage.

The origins of Rome have been debated for centuries but one tale has prevailed over the rest: twin brothers Romulus and Remus ...

Only a minority of Greek and Roman children received an education. Those few found themselves in a strange world of poetry and pedantry.

From a mosaic of flip-flops in Sicily to Cicero’s possible sauna, new discoveries prove that bathing has always been about more than getting clean. Ancient Roman flip-flop mosaic from the Villa Romana ...

A cache of coins bearing the faces of the Roman emperors Constantius II and Constans I was discovered in underground tunnels ...

The ancient Romans weren’t precious about their marble statues. They didn’t sequester them in museums, displaying them out of reach, next to placards explaining their provenance, context, and meaning.

• Tickets are available on a "pay what you wish" basis with a $5 minimum for a show that typically costs $40-70 MADISON, Wis. — A French dance company will bring its internationally acclaimed ...

The 1,900-year-old grave marker of a Roman sailor named Sextus Congenius Verus had been missing from an Italian museum for ...

The bronze coins were found in a pit inside a complex of tunnels dug during the Great Revolt. Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a hoard of bronze Roman coins in an ...

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