Two rare Roman cavalry swords discovered in a Gloucestershire field have sparked the excavation of a previously unknown Iron ...

A marble statue of a man, dressed in a toga and holding a scroll, was found by construction workers in the city of Varna, previously the ancient city of Odessa, with very little damage.

IF YOU WANTED to read an ancient Roman scroll, you might reach for a dictionary, and perhaps a magnifying glass. You would probably not think of using a particle accelerator. But that is what is ...

Artists have long depicted Roman gladiators battling it out against big cats as you can see in this mosaic created in A.D. 320 in Rome. However, there has never been any physical evidence to ...

From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data than they’ve had in centuries. In October 2023, an e-mail pinged ...

At its most powerful, one in four people across the world lived under the Roman Empire. While commoners crammed into multi-storey insulae (tenement blocks), members of the imperial elite kept a ...

Secrets of ancient Roman elites revealed in 1,500-year-old cookbook. It contains early versions of coq au vin, foie gras and pumpkin pie. Christopher D Parkinson. in Melbourne, Australia.

Enormous Roman ‘puzzle’ reveals rare luxury frescoes, ancient graffiti. Experts in London have spent three months piecing together the shattered remains of Roman artworks, revealing luxurious ...

An ancient Roman basilica has been discovered below London's financial district The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition ...

Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport. But remains unearthed in England are the first physical evidence of human ...

Reinventing Concrete, the Ancient Roman Way By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options. Listen to this article · 8:13 ...