Excavators working at an ancient Catholic church in Italy recently found an even older religious symbol: the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook.

The Emanuel Point II, a Spanish conquistador ship, wrecked in Florida’s Pensacola Bay in 1559 during a hurricane. The shipwreck was discovered in 2006, and the researchers said the remains of an ...

The ring at the center of The Lord of the Rings, the classic fantasy epic by J.R.R. Tolkien, may have been inspired by an ancient Roman artifact currently on display in a Tudor mansion in England.

It passes through four European countries, but despite being one of the most important roads in the Roman Empire, the Via Egnatia, or Ancient Macedonia Road does not go through Italy. Article ...

It is thought to be the only giraffe bone ever recorded from an archaeological excavation in Roman Italy ... lived ash cloud that swept through the ancient town of Herculaneum in 79CE.

Excavation of a well-preserved Roman basement at the Kaiseraugst site. Credit: Freigelegter Keller / Kanton Aargau Archaeologists in northern Switzerland have uncovered a section of an ancient Roman .

The digs have also unearthed other ancient materials, including leather remains and amber beads, as well as tusks of boars and domestic pigs. Some of the oldest of these artefacts date to between ...

Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, and Crusader influences – reveals a city that flourished at the heart of ancient trade and intellectual exchange. Among the most striking items is a dazzling Byzantine ...

Built in 15 B.C., the Theatres Romains de Fourvière are the ruins of three ancient Roman sites, including a theater, a smaller theater and a temple located on the hill of Fourvière. It's also ...