The mansion's foundations and floors are likely well-preserved, according to geophysical surveys. The discovery provides new ...

Hercules was the Roman version of the Greek hero Herakles (or Heracles), who was said to be the son of the god Zeus (Jupiter to the Romans) and the mortal Alcmene. He was legendary for his incredible ...

Archaeologists unearth the first physical evidence of a basilica designed by the legendary Roman architect Vitruvius.

Archaeologists discovered two mysterious Roman-era pools sitting under a heap of junkyard cars in eastern Rome. With an ...

Teutonic Order and Rome are at war! We can finally answer one of the questions that have been haunting mankind. Who is better ...

Archaeologists have discovered 79 previously unseen pieces of graffiti scratched into the walls of an alley in Pompeii that ...

New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in DNA sequencing are helping researchers resolve a ...

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered four Roman marching camps and around 1,500 artifacts, including coins and shoe ...

Advanced technology uncovers ancient graffiti, including love notes and sketches, offering fresh insights into daily life in ...

The closure of NASA's largest research library at Goddard Space Flight Center represents a deliberate attack on scientific ...

Here are the stories of five people or groups whose environmental actions are driven by their faith. They're connected by a ...

Pompeii’s famous public baths weren’t always the polished, near-sterile wellness centers we tend to imagine. A new scientific study has found strong chemical signs that some of the city’s earliest ...