"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.
A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.
Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ancient Roman artifact that has revealed previously unknown places lost to time. The ...
The mantra of 'detach to protect' often misses a critical point: avoiding emotions doesn’t make them disappear.
In the 1953 film Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck's characters visit The Mouth of Truth, an ancient sculpture in Rome. "The legend is that if you're given to lying, you put your hand in ...
A hoard of over 400 coins dated to the first century is a rare mix of Roman and British money. Two metal detectorists in the ...
Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...
Archaeologists in Switzerland just unearthed a Roman amphitheater dating to the fourth century A.D. — making it the youngest ...