Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip in stunningly well-preserved wax ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal ...

For most humans who have breathed Earth's air over the course of history, our deaths have disappeared from record, as completely as an exhalation.

Beyond its beautiful beaches and rugged cliffs, the Algarve is home to an exceptional ancient heritage. Remarkably ...

Taking visitors back nearly 2,000 years to the Roman province of Britannia and beyond, the exhibition brings together 25 items from the British Museum and Colchester Museums collections ...

A quaint town in the UK, home to 18th-century houses, expansive walks, and even an ancient burial site older than Stonehenge ...

Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered an ancient Roman horse cemetery, including one rare burial revealing an emotional ...

Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special Italian police unit, have been unveiled for the ...

The artifacts mimicked a typical human grave and showed a close ... likely an outsider considered undeserving of a grave in a regular Roman burial ground, officials said. Archaeologists finished ...

Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...