In Hungary’s capital, a city best known for its goulash, a pizzeria is inviting diners to travel back two millennia to a time ...
Despite historical records saying otherwise, Roman babies were mourned at death, research into unique plaster burials from ...
A mysterious inscription sheds light on the issue of whether the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria was constructed over the ...
Walter Crist, who researches ancient games at Leiden University in the Netherlands, first saw the carved limestone in 2020, at the Het Romeins Museum. Located in the southern Dutch city of Heerlen, ...
Researchers uncover Roman method for applying cinnabar, or “red gold,” in a luxury house in ancient Cartagena, revealing painting techniques.
Classicist Curtis Dozier’s The White Pedestal examines how the prestige of Greece and Rome can legitimize modern racism—and ...
The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace ...
This ancient queen of Palmyra conquered Egypt, captured Roman provinces, and nearly transformed her realm into an empire ...
Can't dream of your pizza slice without tomatoes and cheese? This curation will make you reconsider ...
Rome may not have led the ancient world in abstract theory, but it mastered the engineering that made large cities possible. This video explores the practical inventions, from concrete domes and ...
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Appian Way is a roughly 350-mile-long road that runs from Rome to Brindisi. With some parts ...
Instead of depicting the Trojan War from Homer’s Iliad as originally deduced, the mosaic may actually be a reference to the ...