AN ancient Pompeii home filled with saucy paintings and unseen art has been uncovered 2,000 years after it was buried under volcanic ash. This unusually small and extravagantly decorated home, ...

Ancient civilizations have always fascinated historians and the public. Because of how different the modern world is, we tend ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

Despite the stereotypes, eunuchs clearly often played important roles in the ostensibly masculine world of strategic planning ...

Italian archaeologists have unearthed 24 beautifully preserved bronze statues in Tuscany believed to date back to ancient Roman times. The statues were discovered under the muddy ruins of an ...

Archaeologists have reportedly discovered a city that was besieged by the Romans over 2,000 years ago after its inhabitants rebelled against the empire. The city was destroyed so completely that ...

Now, the looming Roman sculpture is finally back on display Julia Binswanger Researchers studying the ancient site of Fregellae reveal the consequences of challenging the Roman army Julia ...

As Rome welcomed the arrival of autumn, waves of avid tourists converged at the crossroads of Via delle Muratte, Via dei ...

To create an authentic toga costume, you will need a large piece of white fabric, preferably a lightweight linen or cotton. The traditional length of a toga was approximately 4.5 meters for men and ...

That’s similar to how many people think of magic, and cultures around the world have connected the two. My current research ...

They explained that women were prohibited in ancient Rome from drinking wine, which was considered “a man’s drink”. The urn’s ash content reflected the Roman society’s gender divisions ...

Leslie Katz writes about the intersection of art, science and tech. Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman sewer last week made a spectacular discovery—a nearly complete marble statue of a ...