Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Excavations at a necropolis outside of Liternum, near modern-day Naples, have found two ornate funerary enclosures.

The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...

Restoration work on the Rusovce Mansion in the capital of Slovakia has unearthed remnants of the first known Roman aqueduct ...

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.

Paris, women needed permission from the police to wear a tie. The history of a revolutionary accessory—from ancient Rome to ...

Ireland complete their championship away to Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome next Saturday March 15 (2.15pm kick-off). England complete their 2025 championship away to Wales at the ...

Instead, the archaeologists — budding and not — last summer uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have ...

To the south of the city, Via Appia Antica (the ancient Appian Way) is ideal for exploring by bike. (Related: A hiking tour along Rome's Appian Way) To get the most out of Rome’s ancient sites ...

The Ides of March, a day of misfortune and doom, is associated with perhaps the most infamous Roman leader, Julius Caesar – or more importantly, his death, solidified by the soothsayer’s warning in ...

Archeologists conducting a dig underneath the Cressoni Theater in Como, Italy were surprised by the astounding discovery of hundreds of gold coins that date back to the late Roman imperial era ...