Archaeologists in Regensburg uncover Bavaria’s oldest Mithras sanctuary, revealing early Roman rituals, coins, and evidence ...

Amid the vast Syrian desert, southwest of the city of Raqqa, rise the imposing ruins of Resafa Castle, also known as ...

A small glass vial buried nearly two millennia ago is forcing archaeologists to confront an uncomfortable truth about ancient medicine: the Romans may.

The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived in the region for millennia. However, the Great Catastrophe of Smyrna and ...

Ancient Rome didn’t just conquer territory — it engineered dominance. Its roads stretched hundreds of thousands of miles and still shape Europe today. Aqueducts delivered millions of gallons of water ...

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Superficial reading of some early texts in Acts seem to suggest the ideal of Christian communal property ownership, or ...

Long before modern borders, Indian coins travelled across Asia and beyond. From Gupta gold to Vijayanagara pagodas, Hindu ...

Prized by the Romans for its hot springs, Bormio is now hoping to capitalise on hosting ski mountaineering’s Olympic debut ...

The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.

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Hannibal marching his elephants over the Alps is one of history's most legendary moments, and now archaeologists have found a ...