Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise.From computers that tracked celestial events to ...

Food is one of the most enduring parts of human culture and some ancient recipes still surprise us with how delicious they are. In this video we explore ten ancient dishes that have stood the test of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed tombs and a shrine dedicated to Hercules from the time of the Roman Republic.

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time ...

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopedist ...

Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old marble Column of Marcus Aurelius towering over central Rome, are being brought ...

The refusal to accept Jewish roots in the land does more than distort the past. It radicalizes the present. If Jews are ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

January is more than just a month of frigid temperatures and potential snow days. A month named after the Roman god Janus, ...