Archaeologists uncover an ancient Roman house in Saepinum, Italy, with advanced water technology, rare artifacts, and ...

A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for researchers of Roman history. Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the ...

Roman infrastructure also continues to shape daily life in more practical ways, particularly through the survival of aqueducts, baths, and temples that still serve communities long after the empire ...

Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.

Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. A study has uncovered compelling evidence that Roman forces ...

Long before Pompeii was covered in ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, the people of the doomed ...

With artificial intelligence (AI) as an essential tool, San Diego State University researchers have discovered surprising similarities among ancient writing systems from Africa and the Caucasus region ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Almost twelve hundred houses and shops are under 'special surveillance', with over thirteen thousand rooms and spaces to be ...

The exhibit, curated by UC Berkeley professor Lisa Pieraccini and History of Art students, displays artifacts that tell the ...

Maritime archaeologists have discovered a massive 328-foot ship graveyard off the coast of the ...

A routine archaeological excavation ahead of a new housing development near Gloucester, England, has revealed a remarkably preserved 3,500-year-old Bronze Age well. What initially appeared to be ...