The ancient woodlands date back to the Roman period and influenced both J. R. R. Tolkien and J. K. Rowling in their writing.

One of the world’s oldest cookbooks, De Re Coquinaria, contains recipes for familiar staples, along with more exotic fare.

The findings, published in the journal Antiquity, provide the first conclusive chemical evidence that tin from Cornwall and ...

Archaeologists say the muddy soil in the area preserved the artifact, which likely dates to between the second and third centuries C.E.

The title and author of a charred scroll recovered from Herculaneum have been identified by researchers. The ancient Roman town of Herculaneum was encased in volcanic ash following the 79 CE eruption ...

A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours) and you can visit all three in one day. It doesn't include a visit to the ...

Writing for the Spectator, David Sypher Jr. pushed back on her historical claims in a piece titled “No, Joy Reid: Rome didn’t fall due to a lack of ‘diversity.’” Sypher argued that far ...

They shouted "viva il papa" (long live the pope) and "ciao, Francesco" (goodbye, Francis) as the procession made its way around Rome's ancient monuments ... Gavin Jones Writing by Crispian ...

A new study reveals it's more closely related to crocodiles than alligators, possessing salt glands that enabled it to traverse the ancient Western Interior Seaway. Deinosuchus, one of the biggest ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A view of the St. Mary Major Basilica, where Pope ...

These are the questions we try to answer—and many more—in the course of this daily life in ancient Rome tour, which visits the Foro Boario (cow market), Tiber Island, and several Republican-era ...