The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the ...

From Rome’s holiest texts to a Chinese manuscript that wouldn’t have fit inside a shipping container, here’s our top ten list of the most important ancient documents that no longer exist ...

This papyrus is the longest Greek document ever found in the Judean ... An infrared image of the ancient papyrus documenting a Roman court case. An infrared image of the ancient papyrus ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation ... [which is] a precious document for understanding the role and memory of these fighters in Roman society ...

Secrets of ancient Roman elites revealed in 1,500-year-old cookbook - It contains early versions of coq au vin, foie gras and pumpkin pie ...

The scrolls in question, stored in a library in a Roman villa that is thought to have belonged to the father-in-law of Julius ...

The ancient canvas highlighted a forgery case in ancient Rome. The document itself—which went unnoticed for decades, until a professor realized that it had been misclassified—is written in a ...

Roman soldiers typically stayed at temporary camps for a few days or weeks before continuing marching. The Hoog Buurlo camp ...

Statues in ancient Greece and Rome looked vastly different from the ... dating between the fourth and second centuries BCE, document the costs of materials used for the “kosmesis,” or ...

There are no known historical documents on how crustula were shaped ... who could be found along the alleys of ancient Rome, usually near temples and places of worship. Franchetti explains ...

According to the ancient notes ... to 4% on sales and 5% on manumissions. “If any documents were missing or looked suspicious, Roman administrators would investigate,” Dolganov said.

Dr. Sweatman said that the intricate carvings at Gobekli Tepe tell the story and document ... the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ago, experts announced. Ancient ...