An ancient Roman mosaic reportedly depicts a woman confronting a leopard, marking the first known visual representation of a ...

Construction on Rome's Metro C has uncovered spectacular Roman ruins, and its new "archaeo-stations" are giving visitors a whole new way to experience the city's ancient past.

In 663 AD, something extraordinary happened. For the first time in nearly two centuries, a reigning Roman emperor entered Rome itself. Constans II arrived from Constantinople to a city that was no ...

The Kenchreai Coastal and Marine Survey is a three-year archaeological campaign of the ancient harbor of Kenchreai located in ...

Volunteers recently unearthed an ancient depiction of a Roman goddess while digging near a historic British landmark. The sandstone carving was found at Vindolanda, a fort in Northumberland, near ...

In 89 B.C.E., Pompeii was under siege. An invading army of tens of thousands of soldiers led by Lucius Cornelius Sulla, an ...

Italian archaeologists recently discovered an ancient Roman bathhouse submerged underwater – and it may have belonged to Rome’s greatest orator. The Campi Flegrei Archaeological Park, located in ...

The Roman Forum, once the political, religious, and commercial center of ancient Rome, now offers visitors a vivid walk through history. From temples and basilicas to Julius Caesar’s altar, the site ...