A precious gem found at Carlisle's Roman Bathhouse has illuminated the intricacies of religion on Rome's northernmost frontier.

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

The "remarkable" church, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, was found in an ancient city by a desert oasis.

At Oxford, where he got his Ph.D., he focused on the interplay of climate and pathogens in the Roman Empire. He is now the ...

Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...

Shocking DNA evidence finds that the identities of bodies at Pompeii are completely different than what scientists have ...

It took over two years, but divers in Sicily finally scoured a shipwreck off the island's south shore, and found lots of ...

The actor who played Maximus Decimus Meridius in 2000's 'Gladiator' is set to face the Romans again in a new period film.

Russell Crowe is set to return to the Roman Empire for a new film project in development titled The Last Druid . Crowe ...

Christianity is often viewed as an alternative to Roman religion. But in many ways, Christianity was an expression of Roman ...

Archaeologists found the pillar by chance during the summer excavation season in 2023 while they were searching for the ...

DNA analysis at Pompeii did more than challenge assumptions about family ties; it also revealed the diverse ancestry of ...