A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a new ...

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

The oldest known stone tablet featuring the Ten Commandments is set for auction at Sotheby’s and may sell for as much as $2 ...

At the playground, archaeologists found several ancient Roman waste pits, including one with shoe fragments, officials said.

Rome experienced some of it greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a ...

The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to fetch up to $2 million when ...

A new study revives the old argument that ancient seals came before cuneiform, humanity's earliest known example of writing.

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

Denzel and grand spectacles can't save Gladiator II from a disregard of internal logic, bad editing, terrible pacing, and ...

Cade DuPont, Shaun Bobbitt, Bethany Terry and Rafael Villaroel — is opening a new window on the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

When we talk about a phalanx in a military context, we automatically think of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian army, with its ...

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and ...