Excavations in Pompeii revealed that four people, including a child, tried to seek shelter from the eruption of Mount ...

Is the Roman Empire on your mind? If so, France should be on your list of must-visit destinations! Having been inhabited by ...

Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

It’s because they know their fear to be true: that criticism is in crisis. This lament has haunted every generation of ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

Smithsonian contributing writer Tony Perrottet, who wrote recently about Rome’s underworld—the city lurking beneath the city.

Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and actor known simply as Cassie, began testifying Tuesday in Sean "Diddy" Combs ' sex trafficking trial.

Museum-quality masterpieces, rediscoveries and record-setting sales defined the fair’s return to the Park Avenue Armory.

Archeologists have long struggled to figure out what Roman dodecahedrons are or what purpose they were originally used for.

The US' history goes back thousands of years, thanks to a wealth of archaeological sites that give insight into the first ...

Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.

Pope Leo XIV’s first words as pope were a call for peace, echoing the legacy of his predecessors. Here's a look at their ...