Rome's new subway stations near the Colosseum showcase ancient artifacts discovered during construction, turning commutes ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old ...

An Ancient Computer That Predicted the Cosmos Discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera around ...

Earlier this year, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii published its findings from excavations of an orgiastic centre ...

Under an ordinary living room, a family home in northeastern France concealed an extraordinary secret: three buried jars ...

Analysis of drain samples at Vindolanda, the Roman fort close to Hadrian's Wall in northern England, reveal traces of ancient ...

Travel throughout much of Europe today and you’ll find traces of the Roman Empire everywhere. Amphitheaters, aqueducts, walls, bridges, forts and other structures built centuries ago are still ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...

Ancient ruins in Pompeii, near the area of the House of the Garden of Hercules. Credit: Paul Appleton / CC BY-NC 2.0 An unfinished construction site in Pompeii is giving researchers their best look ...

Back in 2023, we reported on MIT scientists’ conclusion that the ancient Romans employed “hot mixing” with quicklime, among other strategies, to make their famous concrete, giving the material ...