Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

The mosaic, which depicts a couple in an intimate bedroom scene, is among thousands of artifacts stolen from the ancient ...

Thousands of pieces of leather discovered in an Oslo harbor are giving archaeologists insight into everyday life in medieval Norway.

Archaeologists discovered a trilobite fossil from millions of years ago in a Roman-era dump near what is now Galicia, Spain. And according to the team’s analysis, that fossil had likely been ...

Two thousand years ago, the Roman Army embarked on a far-flung hunt for silver. A new discovery reveals how close they came ...

The image of a toga-wearing Roman faded by late antiquity. In this video, we explore how late Roman citizens, soldiers, and ...

A steamy piece of stolen history has finally returned to Italy, decades after its initial disappearance. According to the ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a rare 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb that somehow escaped looters over the centuries.

Excavations at the Roman fort of Magna near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland in northeast England have uncovered some very ...

A Nazi captain gave artwork, which depicts an intimate Roman romance, to a civilian. When he died, his heirs decided to ...

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...