News24 Multimedia editor Nokuthula Manyathi recently spent some time in Zurich, Switzerland. She decided to see how much of ...

Against the ancient ... Diocese of Rome, carrying the cross for the First Station. Various groups representing different aspects of the Church and society took turns bearing the wooden cross ...

Photos show the ancient Roman structure. Photo from H. Wraunek, Land NÖ via the Austrian Academy of Sciences On a riverside in eastern Austria sat a mysterious set of ruins. Some believed it to ...

Archaeologists are set to spend the next two years examining 4,000 stamped bricks from the Roman city of Trier. They aim to uncover insights into ancient brick production and distribution.

Renovations on a soccer field outside of Vienna, Austria, uncovered a Roman-era mass grave that held the remains of roughly 150 males. Experts believe the site was likely a battlefield where a ...

The authority did not list the mark-ups, but the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum which is operated by the Italian Culture Ministry, lists the price for access to the ancient Roman arena at 18 ...

In ancient Rome, gladiators took part in one of the most bloodthirsty spectacles known to history. Depicted in Ridley Scott's epic films, the armed combatants engaged in violent public battles ...

Over the past decades, scientists have gleaned details of the “green Sahara.” Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who once lived there.

Buried beneath a quiet Italian town, a 2,000-year-old necropolis has revealed the rare tomb of a Roman gladiator. This 1,700-year-old tomb is part of a larger burial site once known as Liternum, a ...