Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the Great ...

Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79 ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city ...

The ancient port city isn’t as well-known as the nearby Colosseum or Roman Forum, but — as archaeologists recently ... On one end of the narrow room is the entrance and on the other is a semi-circular ...