Archaeologists recently discovered an ancient "city of the dead" in Italy, dating back nearly 3,000 years. The Italian province of Trentino said in a news release that a "monumental necropolis ...

However, in the year 30 BCE when the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, took control of the country, work began on an impressive red sandstone ‘pronaos,’ or entrance hall, the remains of which are ...

The Roman empire banned pants because they were seen to be a symbol of barbarism with many conquered tribes having worn them. Credit: failing_angel. CC BY 2.0/flickr Togas and tunics were the fashion ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient ... from Roman catacombs. Early Christians didn't bury objects with the dead.

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was sold as a prized commodity ... Both cultures had their own names for this practice: “strigimentum” in Latin for the Romans and “gloios” in Greek.

According to a release from Museums Worcestershire, a trove of 1,368 silver and gold coins from the Iron Age and Ancient Rome were found by an anonymous metal detectorist searching an unnamed area ...

To ensure body and spirit remain everlasting, the ancient Egyptians developed elaborate rituals, massive tombs and even magic incantations to entomb their remains; when laying bodies to rest ...

On 14 March members of the grassroots volunteer organisation Retake Rome will gather on the Pincio in Villa Borghese for a clean-up campaign. The focus of their efforts will be the graffiti that ...

The repatriation comes after years of legal disputes over the true identity and provenance of the 6-foot-4 artwork, which has been housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art Eli Wizevich The remarkably ...