"When I held it in my hands, I could hardly believe it." When metal detectorist Constantin Fried was exploring a field near ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed sediment cores from land and sea, linking lead levels to ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … Continue reading "19 Things You Need To Know About Augustus, The Founder O ...

Trump’s second term (2025-2028) policies are speculative at this point, as they haven’t been fully defined, but we can draw ...

A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the eve of the Bar Kokhba revolt. It provides new insights into Roman legal ...

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

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.

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Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

In the 1953 film Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck's characters visit The Mouth of Truth, an ancient sculpture in Rome. "The legend is that if you're given to lying, you put your hand in ...