In her learned and insightful survey, “The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,” the classicist Bettany Hughes traces the time-honored enumeration of man-made wonders to the period following ...

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The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.

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While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to developments in warfare.

An international team of scientists has completed the world's second and largest survey of soft corals, using more than 4,400 museum specimens collected over the past two decades.

Clusters of ancient mudbrick buildings that were identified using satellite imagery have led to the rediscovery of Imet, once a thriving city in Egypt’s Nile Delta.

Earth Science Ancient Rocks in Canada Are Almost as Old as the Earth Itself Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

An expert said there could be more scrolls out there as artificial intelligence and other new technology helps to decipher the ancient messages.

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.