Sifting through the damp soil of the southwestern United Kingdom, archaeologists slowly unearthed an ancient Roman settlement. The ruins seemed “typical” at first — but then “something more unusual” ...

Two decades of excavations in East Sussex farmland have uncovered the remains of an unusual enclosed settlement linking the ...

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

If you're looking to escape the crowds in Rome, there is an adorable town a short drive away where you can experience Italian ...

The skeleton was one of 82 excavated in a 2004 dig at the Driffield Terrace cemetery in York, one of the only known Roman-era burial grounds thought to have been used for gladiatorial combatants.

The discovery was made at the construction site of new apartment buildings in Kaiseraugst. Photo by Canton of Aargau Prior to the construction of two apartment buildings in Switzerland ...

This ancient city has become such a holiday hotspot that tourist numbers had to be capped at 20,000 a day. Still, millions ...

Gladiators were viewed as athletes at the time, and their owners wanted ... memorialized in ancient mosaics and pottery recall the Roman Colosseum, “which would have been the classical world ...

Scientists are testing whether ancient life from Earth—like hardy microbes—could survive the harsh conditions of space, ...

The funeral Mass for Pope Francis has concluded at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City. Cortege wound its way through the centre of the Eternal City to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where ...