Sometimes the most significant historical discoveries happen by accident. When Professor Hannah Cotton Paltiel volunteered to organize documents at the Israel Antiquities Authority’s scrolls ...

A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or ...

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 ...

There is a place to stay in Rome for every traveller, from chic penthouse suites to charming bed and breakfasts in the heart ...

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

Whether they were directly involved in rebellion is still an open question, but the implications of their case cannot be ignored.” ...

When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the 1970s, one of his favorite pastimes was to rummage through his mother’s ...

In the Biblical site of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel, archaeologists have discovered ancient Roman tablets revealing ...

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveil a ...

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

Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman soldier and historian of Greek origin. He is best known for his work Res Gestae, which chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva (96 AD) to ...

It was the perfect setting for a cage fight. The circular perimeter and dome soaring above were not enclosed with chain-link ...