Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

An ancient Roman road was recently discovered by archaeologists in London. The 2,000-year-old road was located beneath modern ...

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Gladiator II director Ridley Scott famously does not care about historical accuracy in his films but we had to ask.

These findings emphasize the importance of ancient DNA in reconstructing human history, demonstrating how traits that once conferred a survival advantage in early Europeans were rendered invisible ...

ROME (AP) — The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two ...

An archaeological team s excavation of an ancient city has uncovered surprising revelations about an early Christian church ...

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

It stands a few hundred metres from the ancient city of Meggido – the prophesied ... missionaries would linger until after ...