A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...

Rome has uncovered the four large marble maps illustrating its evolution and expansion, from its foundation to the apex of its empire, hanging on the Via dei Fori, in front of the Colosseum, which had ...

It's been left unread for nearly 2,000 years. Now, scientists have used AI to virtually unfurl one of the Herculaneum scrolls ...

The devastating health effects of lead exposure are well-documented, even at low levels. Modern studies highlight how lead ...

Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated from Nabataean, an ancient Arabic language.

How Ancient India Transformed the World', highlights India’s often-forgotten role as an economic and civilisational hub ...

Spread across Türkiye from the Bosporus and Aegean coast to eastern Anatolia are incredible under-the-radar museums that often get overlooked by travelers.

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

In the Biblical site of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel, archaeologists have discovered ancient Roman tablets revealing ...