When the Western Roman Empire fell in the fifth century C.E., Europe was plunged into chaos as barbarian Germanic forces ...

Burials that date to just after the fall of the Roman Empire are revealing the secrets of people who lived on the Roman ...

Across the river, Rome trades grandeur for soul, with ancient churches, buzzing piazzas, and the pleasures of a real ...

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.

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

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

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday. The last major atlas of ancient Roman ...

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 ...

The ancient Romans loved their birds. They rated owls as omens, valued geese as guards, kept chickens for divination, and raised peafowl for food. As for the thrush, a plumb avian of the passerine ...