Nine of the worst Roman emperors, known for madness, violence, corruption, and misrule, ultimately pushed the Roman Empire ...

A legend suggests that those who steal finds from the ancient city of Pompeii will experience bad luck or misfortune.

Scientists remain baffled over a mysterious 12-sided bronze object dating back to the Roman Empire — theorizing it could be ...

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have ...

Hike Through Ancient Roman and Biblical History in Turkey’s Rugged Mountains In southern Turkey, an extensive new trail network spirits trekkers to Pisidia, home to many lost treasures and a ...

Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once ...

Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered a set of iron weights shaped like ancient Greek letters, in the ruins of the Greco-Roman ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...