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

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered an unusual marble tablet with some characters in Latin. Daniella ...

Walk the S-shaped way emperors slipped into the arena, virtually restored. Visitors to Rome will soon do something no ...

The couple hadn't known how the artifact made its way to their property in New Orleans. But after their story went viral, a ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Godfather will be there only in spirit on Saturday night when the Springfield Symphony Orchestra opens their 2025 season with “A Night in Italy: Verdi, Respighi, & Rota.” ...

Rome experienced some of its greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a murderous psychopath to a depraved tyrant. Is it time to reexamine this ...

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.

STRIKCAN, Albania, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Albania have discovered a large Roman burial chamber dating from the third to fourth century AD, the first of its kind found in the Balkan ...

Italian archaeologists recently gained rare insight into life during Ancient Rome when they found a multi-story apartment building built decades before the birth of Jesus Christ. The discovery was ...

Over the past two decades, excavations at Laodicea, the Roman provincial capital of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey, have produced some remarkable finds. These have included frescoed travertine walls, a ...