The travertine mosaic was plundered by an unknown German captain during World War II. The exact details of its provenance may never be known.

A recent archaeological dig in western Germany revealed a Roman-era settlement with 750 artifacts, including a unique burial ...

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields and armour – when people imagine ancient Rome, they often think of its ...

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient ...

Konstantine Panegyres reveals what finding love was like in Ancient Greece and Rome - and what lessons we can take into the ...

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the ...

The thousands of fragments once formed an enormous fresco that decorated around 20 walls in a building in central London.

Historian Adrian Goldsworthy reveals the brutal training, bureaucratic grind and uncertain rewards of life in the Roman ...

Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

From tiny children's shoes to colossal adult footwear, an unprecedented collection of Roman shoes has been unearthed at Magna ...