This dog-shaped vessel was likely used for pouring wine, oil or blood in ancient rituals in what is now Italy.

After an earthquake damaged the building, construction crews started working in the basement and unearthed the forgotten Roman ruins. Take a look.

Reading like the lyrics to a popular song or poem from modern times, ancient Greek poems have prompted new insights into ...

Authorities in Greece have arrested six people on the island of Crete in connection with an alleged antiquities smuggling ring that was attempting to sell dozens of ancient artifacts, police said ...

The ancient silver coins feature the images of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, including Nero and Marcus Aurelius.

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

Ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging from measuring length, distance, volume, and weight of ...

Nick Angeloff, an archaeologist at Cal Poly Humboldt, has called the developments at Gradishte a once-in-a-lifetime discovery ...

Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special Italian police unit, have been unveiled for the first time in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Once looted from tombs, hidden in homes, and trafficked across borders, the precious artefacts that were stolen from Italy’s ancient past have been recovered and are on show for the world to see once ...

Once looted from tombs, hidden in homes, and trafficked across borders, the precious artefacts that were stolen from Italy’s ancient ... Greek vases, Roman statues and centuries-old coins ...

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 ...