The golden silk, a luxury once reserved for Roman emperors, has been recreated by modern scientists.

A newly discovered 460-million-year-old trilobite showed signs of being shaped and flattened—the first indication that ...

Nero, Rome’s emperor from 54 to 68 C.E., rose to power at a young age and remained focused on himself, letting the needs of ...

The use of white cloth to signal a desire for peace or surrender dates back to ancient times. Roman historian Livy recorded Carthaginians using “white wool and branches of olive” to signal defeat in ...

Like the Byzantines, whose empire survived on ceremony long after it lost its soul, Nigeria developed the rituals of state without the substance of governance. Constitutions were written, torn, ...

When archaeologists unearth ancient shoes, the artifacts are usually about the same size as the footwear we use today. However, during recent excavations in northern England, researchers were ...

A software model from Google DeepMind put a more precise date on an important Latin text credited to a Roman emperor as a demonstration of its capabilities.

A huge Roman shoe measuring almost 13 inches long has been discovered near Hadrian’s Wall.

Giant Roman shoes found at Hadrian’s Wall raise questions about ancient soldiers Magna Fort was built around AD 85 and housed different Roman troops and their families over the years.

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Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the ...

(CNN) — An ancient Roman mystery is afoot in the rolling hills of northern Britain. Archaeologists have unearthed a stash of unusually large shoes at the ruins of a first-century military fort ...