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

Ancient Greek kings used war elephants from Alexander to the Seleucids, shaping battles and empire-building across the Hellenistic world.

Archaeologists recently discovered a massive 2,000-year-old stone basin in ancient Gabii, Italy, revealing early Roman public architecture from Rome's powerful rival city.

According to legend, the Trojans migrated to Britain after the fall of Troy. A new book investigates the historicity of this legend.

The discovery prompted an international search to figure out how the ancient headstone made it to New Orleans.

Modern firepower meets ancient tactics in this epic thought experiment: could a single Marine platoon overcome the might of a ...

Last Saturday, I squeezed into St Peter’s in Rome for Mass. Nothing especially surprising there, you might think. But two ...

From prehistoric burials to overcrowded Victorian churchyards, this is what our treatment of the dead throughout history says about the living ...

Topic selection for the bungled year 12 exam is ancient history – it’s been Julius Caesar since August 2023. So how did nine ...

In 542 AD, during the Gothic War—a conflict sparked by Emperor Justinian’s ambition to restore Roman rule in the West—Eastern ...

After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal.The ...