ROME (AP) — The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: the Colosseum won ...

Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

Almost every Roman city had large public latrines, where many people - often 20 or more - could relieve themselves in remarkably opulent settings. This video explores how the use, decoration, and ...

The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman dome. Building it was complicated.

More than 160 cremation graves were discovered at the ancient site of Olbia, which began as a fortified Greek settlement around 350 B.C. in what is now the south of France. The ge ...

The tall, adult men probably died during the battle of Mursa in 260 C.E., according to a new analysis of their remains ...

Rome once had a near-equal rival just 11 miles away in the early days of the empire. The ancient Roman city of Gabii may not ...

Part of an ancient Roman tower overlooking the Colosseum has collapsed, leaving several workers trapped under the rubble. The ...

A tourist is dead after falling from the Pantheon in Rome and into a ditch on Oct. 24. Police are currently investigating the ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

Populism exploits crises, bypasses norms, and mobilizes “true people” vs elites.Gracchi brothers’ reforms triggered violence, political revenge, and ...

To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...