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

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

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

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

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 ...