To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...

Built around 250 BCE with evidence that some parts may be even older, this man-made structure may be one of the earliest examples of Roman monumental architecture other than temples and city walls.

Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

Elon Musk funds AI-powered archaeology in Rome, pledging $1M to help researchers digitally rebuild ancient sites and rewrite ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. Those ...

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 ...

On the outskirts of Rome, Italy, a team of archaeologists led by a Missouri professor painstakingly uncovered a “massive” set of ancient Roman ruins. The structure turned out to be a 2,200-year-old ...

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

At a gladiator match in ancient Pompeii, tensions exploded and spectators became fighters in a riot. Gladiatorial games were a vital part of ancient Roman life, and in Pompeii, the amphitheater was a ...

Archaeologists excavating a 1,800-year-old pet cemetery in Berenike uncovered the writings of soldiers and other artifacts, photos show. Photo from M. Osypińska via Institute of Archaeology of the ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...