Trump's second administration is 'unprecedented' to some, but historians find parallels in ancient Rome, Nazi Germany, and ...

Archaeologists are piecing together the world’s oldest known rune stone. It could shed light on the origins of early written ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...

Wikimedia CommonsArchaeologists discovered that Romans kept a tiny dog breed similar to the modern “toy dogs.” When we think ...

Ancient Magdalenians practiced cannibalism, consuming enemies and possibly loved ones, revealing prehistoric violence.

Researchers have found dozens of human bones on the banks of the iconic river, many of them thousands of years old.

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

The little-known ancient Greek city of Europos has started to unveil its secrets in a new wave of excavations that started in ...

Seventh-graders learning about ancient Rome reenacted a portion of history — the Gladiator Games — shocking by today’s ...

Museum of London Archaeology researchers recently discovered remains of London's first Roman basilica near the city's ...

This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.

Inside the super-private Torlonia Collection of ancient marbles, and the strategy to clean them up and bring them back into ...