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.

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

While the mayors of the cities did sign a peace treaty in 1985, it was a symbolic gesture. In reality, the wars between the two ancient civilizations ended more than 2,000 years prior when Rome ...

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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 ...

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

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

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

Spartacus has always played fast and loose with its history, and House of Ashur is no exception. As its title implies, the ...

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

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...