Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...

Airborne particles from minting coins damaged health, a new study says, and might have contributed to the Roman Empire’s ...

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Greek sanctuary from the Hellenistic era inside Italy’s Pertosa-Auletta Cave.

This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.

According to a release from Museums Worcestershire, a trove of 1,368 silver and gold coins from the Iron Age and Ancient Rome were found by an anonymous metal detectorist searching an unnamed area ...

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 ...

The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt that cost far less than modern pieces from modern luxury ...

The premise is you're a centurion in the army of one proconsul Julius Caesar, recently minted governor of Gallia Cisalpina, ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...

Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ceremony or sacrifice Sonja Anderson The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and ...

Ancient Rome wasn’t just the capital of a vast empire—it was a city defined by innovation, engineering, and public services that set the foundation for urban living. Here’s a breakdown of ...