In 89 BCE, when the residents of Pompeii rebelled against Rome, the Empire pulled no punches in its attempts to quell the revolt, launching a full-scale siege of the ill-fated city. Led by Lucius ...

The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...

Stretching across two-thirds of our planet, Asia harbors secrets that span millions of years of human history. From the frozen burial grounds of Siberia to ...

International Women’s Day is here, an occasion dedicated to acknowledging women’s achievements globally. It’s a moment to ponder the journey towards gender equality and celebrate the remarkable ...

More than a century ago, a scratched-up slab of limestone was excavated in the modern-day Netherlands and later deemed an ancient Roman game board. Since then, the mysterious game has eluded ...

MADISON (WKOW) — An effort that started four years ago as an underwater survey has turned into one of Wisconsin's most remarkable archaeological discoveries. Researchers identified 16 ancient canoes, ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern Germany’s larger states. The discovery was announced by the State Office for ...

Researchers recently unveiled proof that Romans used a surprising ingredient in their medical treatments — and it's far from sanitary. The research focuses on a vessel that was unearthed in Pergamon, ...

A mysterious ancient Roman object found in what is now the southern tip of the Netherlands has long been thought to be some sort of board game. With the help of artificial-intelligence simulations, ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a scientist ...

A mysterious flat stone with a geometric pattern of straight lines carved into it may be a previously unknown Roman board game. Thousands of simulations by artificial intelligence of how sliding stone ...