An obscure 19th century sketch holds the only known visual proof of women fighting wild beasts in ancient Roman arenas.

The maiden that Raphael painted around 1505 cradles the critter, tender and tame. She’s sitting upright, at a slight angle, ...

The Pillars of Rome are massive rock formations that rise dramatically from the high desert landscape like ancient sentinels ...

The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate parts of columns from 2,000 years ago. Hawaii by night: As soon as the sun sets ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Paintings from ancient Egypt show the harvesting of grapes and the making of wine. Mesopotamian murals illustrate elites rai ...

More than a hundred years later, parts of the ship are still there for you to explore. The rusty metal frame rises up from ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

Metamorphoses, an ancient compendium of Greek myths, has surprising parallels with contemporary concerns, from climate change to gender-based violence.

During renovations at the Gran Hotel Barcino, archaeologists found stone slabs from the public forum of the ancient Roman colony of Barcino.

A rare Roman temple tied to a secretive cult has been unearthed in Germany — the oldest-known sanctuary of its kind in Bavaria. Its remnants were found ahead of a construction project involving ...

The BBC has announced the sixth annual Faith & Hope season, an unparalleled commitment to multi-faith religious programming across TV and Radio beginning this month which will run throughout Spring ...