Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Roman Britain, once the proud jewel of the Roman Empire, was a land filled with grandeur, thriving cities, and remarkable infrastructure. By the third century, Britain was home to bustling urban ...

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Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula ...

Once the heart of a vast empire and now a crossroads between East and West, Hungary stands as a testament to Europe’s layered ...

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A survey of more than 500 political scientists found that they believe the United States is headed towards authoritarian rule ...

Nisa was the capital of the Parthian Empire, which dominated this region of central Asia from the mid 3rd century BCE to the early 3rd century CE. As such it formed a barrier to Roman expansion, ...

Do you remember the movie “The Ten Commandments?” I was in high school when I first watched it. Since then, I have watched it ...

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

During an excavation on Morocco’s Mogador Island, archaeologists discovered two Early Cretaceous fossils estimated to be between 145 and 140 million years old that were mixed in with ancient Roman ...