A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian ...

Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri was at the opening of the new archaeological garden and museum, and walked across the map fragments – now preserved under glass – of the famous Forma Urbis Romae.

ROME, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Archaeologists have unearthed a lavish private bath complex in Pompeii, highlighting the wealth and grandeur of the ancient Roman city before it was destroyed by Mount ...

Volcanic eruptions darkened ancient Europe’s sky. ... World Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material.

World Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material. ... This type of artificial pigment dates back over 5,000 years to ancient Egypt and was popular in the Roman ...