In one find, teams located a lost Byzantine-era city complete with a prominent Christian church. The other discovery included ...

Known as a “genius,” the protective spirit or deity was believed to bring good fortune and prosperity to a particular person, ...

A butchered giraffe leg bone recovered from a drain beneath a modest food shop in Pompeii is forcing archaeologists to ...

Many historians assumed ancient Roman farm women were housekeepers. A closer look suggests female managers oversaw wine ...

There's a reason why every watering hole from the West Village to Williamsburg seems to suddenly be hosting singles events.

Archaeologists have uncovered a hidden underground chamber beneath Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, in a discovery that ...

One of the many marvels of the Roman world is that some of its buildings are still with us. But why have they lasted for so ...

An enormous archaeological discovery was made in northeastern France by a team of professionals, who unearthed three vessels ...

Archaeologists have discovered 18 ancient Egyptian tombs along the Mediterranean coast, and they came with golden tongues, ...

In the same year as America’s founding, Edward Gibbon wrote “Decline and Fall.” 250 years later, it still holds lessons for ...

Archaeologists unearthed a Roman Empire-era “guardian spirit” sculpture that was hidden under an ancient military site in the English countryside for 1,600 years. The sandstone figure was found in ...