Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

The thousands of fragments once formed an enormous fresco that decorated around 20 walls in a building in central London.

Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once believed ...

Long ago, the story goes, a king kidnapped two sons of a god, stuffed them in a basket and set them afloat on Italy’s Tiber ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers from the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) has succeeded, for the ...

Read latest scientific findings on ancient DNA, including research on DNA preserved from early life forms and early humans.

A new study by the Yale Ancient Pharmacology Program (YAPP), published in the journal Proceedings of the European Academy of ...