A groundbreaking project seeks to unlock the secrets of ancient Roman philosophy with the help of cutting-edge technology and ...

Court documents from an ancient tax fraud and forgery case show that tax evasion was an issue even 2,000 years ago.

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Many varieties of ancient Greek healing herbs grow on "Asclepius Path," Mount Kerketion, where god of medicine, Asclepius, collected them.

Archaeologists working on behalf of a housing development company in the UK made surprising discoveries. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Three years ago, archaeologists were ...

The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...

When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the 1970s, one of his favorite pastimes was to rummage through his mother’s ...

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting ...

The world of the Roman Empire was not just one of legions, emperors, and conquests — it was also a world of legal disputes, ...

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Dating back to the 7th century BC, it stretches over 13,000 miles across the Chinese landscape, snaking through rugged ...