Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

A literate slave was a must-have in wealthy ancient Roman households. Keen to capitalise on this taste for learning, masters and slaves alike turned education into profit.

A metal detectorist from Cheshire may have unearthed the largest Roman coin hoard ever found in Welsh history—and was so ...

Think of the ancient Roman Empire and Julius Caesar, Mount Vesuvius and Russell Crowe likely come to mind. We’re taught so ...

The origins of many holiday traditions are shrouded in mystery, a hodgepodge of beliefs steeped in myths, folklore, legends, ...

Archaeologists in Croatia have discovered a rare mass grave inside ancient water wells at Mursa (modern-day Osijek), ...

Ancient Rome, initially a settlement on seven hills, grew from simple villages into a powerful city-state. These hills, ...

For the first time in two centuries, visitors to Athens are being treated to a rare sight: the Parthenon, Greece’s most iconic structure, completely free of scaffolding, but not for long. Since the ...

Now at the Kimbell Art Museum, this exhibition is the first in the U.S. to display works from a vast, vital Italian ...

Alexander the Great’s legendary image, from his golden hair to his divine gaze, reveals how he masterfully turned his ...

Turkish gendarmerie units have uncovered a 1,500-year-old Roman-era floor mosaic hidden under concrete in Mardin’s Derik ...

Ongoing archaeological excavations in Hisardere, located in the Iznik district of Bursa, Türkiye, are shedding new light on ...