Venturing into an Etruscan tomb once meant crawling through rubble, breathing dust, and crawling into rooms excavated more ...

The world's first taxis appeared in ancient Rome. First they were chariots. Later they were replaced by horse-drawn carriages ...

Of all the comparisons between ancient Rome and modern America, the idea that the United States is destined to fall like the Roman Empire is the most persistent myth. While commentators often point to ...

A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...

In a new study published in Gladius, a pair of researchers from the University of Salamanca and the University of Leon ...

A new study by the University of Science and Technology of China's (USTC) Archaeo-metallurgy Laboratory reveals a compelling ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly ...

Ancient Greek inventions included remarkable automata and the Antikythera Mechanism, but many of their engineers' innovations ...

Archaeologists in eastern Turkey have uncovered a 1,700-year-old Roman bath featuring an underfloor heating system, adding a rare example of advanced Roman engineering to Anatolia’s archaeological ...

Ancient Greek and Roman myths power diverse new games across genres and styles. Sequels and remakes (Hades 2, Titan Quest 2, Age of Mythology: Retold) modernize mythic gameplay. Indie and AAA titles ...

Italian archaeologists recently gained rare insight into life during Ancient Rome when they found a multi-story apartment building built decades before the birth of Jesus Christ. The discovery was ...