Recent discoveries reveal a new giant dinosaur species in Brazil and ancient Roman use of human excrement medicinally. The Brazilian fossils show links to European species, suggesting ancient land ...

Walk into almost any home decor store and you will find an overwhelming range of objects promising to beautify a space. Yet ...

The Ancient Greeks boasted a sophisticated civilization, philosophers, and a system of democracy—but were forks part of their culture?

The dance, really a marathon that brings to mind the classic movie “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”, has been going on as long as there have been governments and organized religion. That is to say ...

A rare Roman temple dedicated to mystery cult deity Mithras was discovered in Germany, with the oldest-known sanctuary in Bavaria dating to the first or second centuries A.D.

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Romans enjoyed a variety of snacks when attending events at the Colosseum. Recent archaeological findings have uncovered remnants of these foods, and interestingly, ...

The persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire is often imagined as constant and widespread, but historical evidence suggests a more complex reality. In many cases, punishments were local and ...

Excavations ahead of hospital construction in Constanța revealed 34 graves inside a necropolis from the ancient city of Tomis ...

German archaeologists have discovered new insights into Bavaria's Roman past from an ancient buried temple where Roman ...

Ancient Greek priestesses may have used hallucinogenic ergot during the Eleusinian Mysteries, rituals carried out by the cult ...

Archaeologists in Romania uncover 34 Roman graves dating to the 3rd–4th centuries AD, and a rare Greek inscription at an ancient Tomis site.