Part of a growing assemblage of ancient weapons found in unassuming places, the swords were part of standard-issue weaponry for Roman soldiers stationed in the Judea region during the Roman period.

Who can count the dust of Jacob. And yet each memorial day we count the dust. The dust that is a fraction of those who have ...

Caligula was adored by the people of Rome, too, in part because of their love for Germanicus but also out of sympathy for the ...

Express rejoices to announce the death of Hitler, proclaimed our page one of May 2, 1945. Peter Caddick-Adams examines the ...

From the ancient Roman thumbs-up to the modern mystery of ... a greeting and a way of showing that you weren’t holding any weapons—ideas that still work today. As society evolved to be more ...

Ancient historians wrote that after crossing the mountain pass, Hannibal’s army spent 15 years marauding through the Italian peninsula. “His men slaughtered 50,000 Roman soldiers at the Battle ...

In the first of a series of articles, local author Douglas McArthur traces the story of the 3rd Mons from its origins, and ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman settlement in the United Kingdom found an oven used for making construction materials, photos show. Photo from Cotswold Archaeology Sifting through the ...