What did Roman houses look like, and how did they vary depending on a person's social status? Even with some considerable ...

A major ancient Roman factory found in England sheds light on tool production, with over 800 whetstones and stone anchors ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The ancient Romans were brilliant engineers and builders, creating a dazzling array of magnificent structures including some that have survived to modern times virtually ...

Ancient Roman architecture is seen as a part of classical architecture and generally builds off of the three classical orders—Ionic, Corinthian, and Doric—which were developed in ancient Greece. Later ...

Evidence of a Roman industrial hub in North East England dating back over 1,900 years has been unearthed. The "extraordinary" ...

It's not every day that I'm faced with the chance to step back in time. I've long been fascinated with ancient Rome. A child of the ’80s, I was the little girl glued to the television every Saturday ...

The ancient Romans loved their birds. They rated owls as omens, valued geese as guards, kept chickens for divination, and raised peafowl for food. As for the thrush, a plumb avian of the passerine ...

For di year 449, Pope Leo I establish di date for commemorating di birth of Jesus as one of di main feasts of di Catholic ...

The ancient Greeks on Crete may have cheated the Romans by exporting "knock-off" versions of their highly prized raisin wine.

We tend to think about people in the past as more prudish and strict about sex and gender. But really people have been experimenting with sex and gender for as long as humans have existed. In the ...

Explore how ancient Greeks and Romans invested in wealth through land, metals, and art amidst economic challenges.

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of ...