Researchers Surprised to Find ‘Toxic Mercury’ Hidden in Ancient Pyramid, Claim It Was Used to Access Supernatural Realm From ...

Tyr was an important Germanic and Norse god of war, similar to the god Mars worshiped by the ancient Romans. But we know very ...

Prometheus was believed to have made man from clay, and to have defied the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity. Image courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum The ancient Romans ...

Photo by Sergej Karpow via Unsplash This misfortune of one Roman roughly 1,600 years is the good luck for a modern-day archaeologist in Britain. “Thank goodness for our careless ancestors!” ...

The Appian Way symbolized the Roman Empire’s might. Now Italy is restoring the ancient road, hoping to create a pilgrimage route through history. Rome’s third-century Arch of Drusus marks the ...

Excavation of a well-preserved Roman basement at the Kaiseraugst site. Credit: Freigelegter Keller / Kanton Aargau Archaeologists in northern Switzerland have uncovered a section of an ancient Roman ...

Augusta Raurica is one of the most important ancient Roman sites in Switzerland. Located just north of the Alps, it’s an active archaeological site as well as the home of a museum that holds more than ...

Excavators working at an ancient Catholic church in Italy recently found an even older religious symbol: the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook.

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a “beautiful” stone head dating back to antiquity. It was discovered during the excavation of a fifth-century basilica.