A large cemetery containing the lavishly adorned remains of unidentified high-status individuals dating from around 2,000 ...

Ancient inscriptions written the language Jesus spoke have revealed a lost 1,700-year-old chapter in early Christian history.

Researchers unearthed everyday objects like grain grinders, an oven and some 200 ostraca—ancient receipts and notes written ...

Roman history began in 753 B.C.E., when Romulus killed his twin brother and founded the city that would eventually rule the Mediterranean. That power would be built on slavery. No modern depiction of ...

New discoveries have recently been made in Egypt after officials uncovered a cemetery revealing a plethora of information.

Specialists found three containers full of coins from the Roman Empire and believe it was not a hidden treasure, but rather a ...

Why so many Roman coin hoards end up being buried and never found has baffled archaeologists for decades. A major new study has shown that the non-recovery of these hoarded treasures was caused by ...

The Roman Empire set up many of the structures on which the civilisation of modern Europe depends. It's no wonder the Romans can fire our imaginations, but what values did they hold, to help them to ...