Mogador Island is "geologically young" at about 2 million years old and has no Cretaceous history, indicating the marine fossils could not have formed there, according to research ...

To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

The Temple of Hercules Victor, above, is situated in the Forum Boarium, which was a bustling commercial center in ancient times, when many Roman merchants were fervent Hercules worshipers.

The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture—and awe-inspiring art.

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered a set of iron weights shaped like ancient Greek letters, in the ruins of the Greco-Roman ...

Built around 2560 BC, this magnificent structure was created as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu, showcasing the architectural ...

The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition of a building in the heart of London.

Swiss archaeologists recently announced the discovery of an Ancient Roman building after a pedestrian alerted authorities to peculiar stones near a highway construction site.

The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius.

Roman gold coins excavated in Tamil Nadu, India. One coin of Caligula (37-41 CE) and two coins of Nero (54-68 CE) | British Museum By the 4th century BCE, there is evidence that merchants had ...