The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements ...

Along with the majority of the other gates that once lined the ancient city wall, it was finally demolished in the 18th century to improve traffic access. This wonderfully intact section of wall would ...

Pier Paolo Petrone In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby ancient Roman city of Pompeii and the smaller town of Herculaneum under deadly layers of volcanic ash, pumice and ...

Four of the coins date to the reign of Marcus Aurelius, who was played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator film, with the earliest dating from AD166 (above) A hoard of 16 silver Roman coins ...

The ancient road that ran through northern Greece and connected Rome to Byzantium. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Roman civilization is well known for its stunning mosaics ...

Evidence found in papyri and graffiti suggests that ancient Greek and Roman tourists visited Egypt with the purpose of admiring its rich civilization. Credit: Sam and Ian / CC BY-NC 2.0. Evidence ...

ARTEFACTS made from extraterrestrial metal have been discovered by archaeologists in two ancient cemeteries in Poland. Four items of jewellery, three bracelets and a pin, containing a form of iron ...

The [US’s] Republican system was modelled on that of ancient Rome, but the [Roman] Republic ended up becoming an autocracy, and so in America, there’s always been this anxiety that a ...

Who knew ancient Roman emperors could be so relatable? In 'The Lives of the Caesars', written by the scholar Suetonius in the second century, we’re treated to juicy tales of political missteps ...

A dull bracelet and a rusted hollow hemisphere decorated with gold are forged, researchers have found, not out of metal from beneath the ground, but with iron from meteorites that fell from the sky.