In Padula, Campania, the discovery of nineteen ancient tombs has uncovered valuable artifacts, including a rare diobol coin minted in Tarentum between 380 and 325 BC, depicting the goddess Athena on ...

An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman Empire. Archaeologists have uncovered a hoard of gold coins dating back to the ...

The ancient Romans were great builders, especially known for their aqueducts. These are still standing today because they ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

In Italy, it is not uncommon to find streets and neighborhoods named Cincinnatus, but even more familiar is the name of a ...

New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...

The scroll has become carbonated so can't be physically opened, but digital scanners are revealing the invisible words it contains.

The so-called “stateless people,” who originally migrated from northern India to Europe in the 14th century, are today ...

New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome - Visitors can walk over the map in the museum in the Italian capital ...

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

Scientists have deciphered a Roman boundary stone inscribed with Greek text which was recently discovered in northern Israel, ...

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient paint—but not just any paint. Known as “Egyptian Blue,” it’s among the oldest synthetic pigments in the world, with the newly found ingot ...