The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...

A unique collection of 404 silver and gold coins dating back to 46 A.D. has been discovered near Bunnik, in the province of ...

The ancient Greek ideal of World Unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great aiming to unite the world through Hellenization.

Childhood lead exposure is not quite yet a problem of the past. That said, there is much that caregivers can do to reduce the ...

He said he was interested in the pursuit of perfection, and once you know that, the Barbie-like flawlessness of his models, their tight coiffures, their tiny corseted waists make sense. I looked for a ...

It was the year 160 AD when Appius Annius Atilius Bradua filed a complaint before the Roman Senate regarding the murder of ...

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated from Nabataean, an ancient Arabic language.

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

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

"It's like a city frozen in time," said archaeologist Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis of Canada's McGill University.

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ancient Roman artifact that has revealed previously unknown places lost to time. The ...

Scientists have deciphered a Roman boundary stone inscribed with Greek text which was recently discovered in northern Israel, ...