The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers compared house size distributions from more than 1,000 sites around the ...

Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...

New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

The team applied ancient DNA sequencing ... Elaborate burials centered on adolescents may point to a ranked age-based social structure, or possibly a symbolic reverence for youth that existed ...

A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...

A Germany university revealed the discovery of an ancient Greek lecture hall in Agrigento, Italy — highlighting important ...

We're living in a period where the gap between rich and poor is dramatic, and it's continuing to widen. But inequality is nothing new. In a new study researchers compared house size distributions from ...

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 ...

Soar over the Pont du Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the best-preserved Roman aqueducts. This 1st-century ...