Instead of depicting the Trojan War from Homer’s “Iliad” as originally deduced, the mosaic may be of the same conflict in Aeschylus’ “Phrygians.” ...

Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous ...

Pente Grammai was a popular Ancient Greek game of strategy during which players relied on tactics and foresight to control ...

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.

A piece of etched rock discovered at the site of an ancient Roman settlement in the Netherlands is now thought to be an ancient game board. Researchers used AI to simulate gameplay and test whether ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace ...

A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid ...

Two remarkable Roman altars, unearthed in Scotland, are set to go on public display for the first time, offering a tantalizing glimpse into the religious lives of Roman soldiers on the Empire's ...

This video explains how ancient Greeks and Romans created curse tablets known as defixiones. Archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of these thin lead sheets across the Mediterranean, often buried in ...

Ancient Romans in Britain were riddled with intestinal parasites that spread through human feces. Roundworms and whipworms both live in the intestine and cause various ailments, including abdominal ...

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