We explore who the Franks really were, tracing their journey from fragmented raiding groups beyond the Rhine to indispensable ...

Turkey has been in the news in recent weeks for a role it knows well: peacemaker. As tensions simmer between the United States and Iran, Turkey has attempted to bring U.S. and Iranian officials to ...

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Feb. 5, ...

How far back does the rich history of Italian olives and oil stretch? My new research, published in the American Journal of Archaeology, synthesizing and reevaluating existing archaeological evidence, ...

The Roman Empire is remembered for its power, culture, and conquests — but its economy tells a very different story. Overspending, inflation, and poor financial planning left the empire vulnerable to ...

The world is constantly changing, and eventually, our memory alone isn't enough to portray how things really were. It can ...

Milan and Cortina will be the first Olympic cohost cities, setting the stage for a diverse Games that will showcase myriad ...

This article dives into the striking parallels-and critical differences-between ancient empires and today’s superpowers. How ...

The challenge when visiting Rome is deciding what to skip: there are so many churches, archaeological sites, piazzas and ...

An international research team has secured more than €1 million to investigate a recently uncovered Roman cult district. Roman-period archaeology in Hesse has reached a new stage of progress. The Germ ...

It’s not every day that you find a medieval wheel cross, and it’s even rarer when the find matches another centuries-old ...

Several years ago, construction work for a new school in Frankfurt led to a discovery of regional importance: a large Roman ...