Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?
Enter Gabii, an ancient Roman city 11 miles east of Rome you’ve probably never heard of unless you’re an expert in the field.
A forgotten rival of Ancient Rome has recently come into the spotlight for its impressive water basin, a testament to ...
Think of the ancient Roman Empire and Julius Caesar, Mount Vesuvius and Russell Crowe likely come to mind. We’re taught so ...
While the mayors of the cities did sign a peace treaty in 1985, it was a symbolic gesture. In reality, the wars between the two ancient civilizations ended more than 2,000 years prior when Rome ...
To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...
At Rome’s Casal Lumbroso site, humans 400,000 years ago turned a dead elephant into food and tools—proof of astonishing ...
In ancient Rome, generals could not bring their troops into the city of Rome itself. The reasons for this are as obvious to ...
During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...
In Croatia, archaeologists have discovered a mass grave dating back to the third century CE that indicates another key to ...
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Weekend: From ancient Rome to Indian lights

This Sunday, Bratislava’s Stará Tržnica (Old Market Hall) will come alive with colour, rhythm and flavour as the Indian ...
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 ...