New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...

In a recent archaeological excavation, what initially seemed to be the remains of an ordinary Roman home turned out to be ...

The carriage workshop, which also had evidence of fixing horseshoes, was situated along the well-traveled Via Claudia Augusta ...

Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

Archaeologists discovered the engraved gemstone at Bremenium, a fort north of Hadrian's Wall. Excavations at a Roman fort in ...

The tall, adult men probably died during the battle of Mursa in 260 C.E., according to a new analysis of their remains ...

Stories of ancient Roman artifacts and ruins being dug up in back gardens or disrupting construction projects are common. It seems that a British pensioner can hardly dig a new plot for potatoes, nor ...

From gladiators to vomitoriums, delve into Rome’s most persistent myths and find out what really happened. A conservationist restores a Roman bust. Many Roman statues appear starkly white today. Yet ...

Archaeologists uncovered a rare 2nd-century marble sculpture of Sleeping Cupid in Croatia, offering new insight into the city ...

Almost every Roman city had large public latrines, where many people - often 20 or more - could relieve themselves in remarkably opulent settings. This video explores how the use, decoration, and ...

An excavation in Turkey has yielded not just artifacts — it's yielded millennia-old recipes that are bringing the flavors of Ancient Rome back to life. Archaeologists in Turkey recently completed digs ...

Nobody knew how a nearly 2,000-year-old grave marker landed in a backyard for decades — until this week. By Aimee Ortiz Daniella Santoro and her husband, Aaron Lorenz, were busy “de-junglefying” the ...