Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

Trump paves the way to deputize local police on immigration, who benefits from Trump’s California water order.

SUMMARY Slavery was integral to Roman society, and slaves outnumbered citizens in Rome. There were many routes to slavery, including as prisoners of war, selling oneself into slavery, or being born a ...

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

With a growing demand for more and better connectivity to international destinations from the US, airlines are introducing ...

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk comes under fire for making gesture at President Trump rally similar to Nazi salute.

The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.

We’ve waited years for Simon Hall’s ambitious, official Rome Total War board game - and it fully lives up to Creative Assembly’s PC classic.

View of the three-dimensional map on the Ségognole 3 cave floor. Credit: Dr. Médard Thiry Researchers uncovered a 13,000-year-old sandstone model in France’s Ségognole 3 rock shelter, possibly the ...

The ancient universities of India were intellectual powerhouses that attracted scholars from distant lands interested in studying mathematics and astronomy as well as philosophy and medicine.