A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Appian Way is a roughly 350-mile-long road that runs from Rome to Brindisi. With some parts ...

Alexandria on the Tigris reemerges as archaeologists map a forgotten port city that once powered ancient global trade.

A rare Roman temple dedicated to mystery cult deity Mithras was discovered in Germany, with the oldest-known sanctuary in Bavaria dating to the first or second centuries A.D.

A routine elevator project in Barcelona has uncovered 2,000-year-old Roman ruins, forcing historians to completely redraw the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Roman city on Israel's coast, which appears to be the grand port built by a king described in the Bible. The city of Caesarea Maritima, just 28 miles north of ...

After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media An ...

Stately portraits, raucous frescoes, delicate jewelry, and intricate mosaics—all these treasures and more fill the galleries of Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan. The new special ...