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 ...

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian ...

Sarcophagus of the Spouses, one of the most celebrated artifacts of Etruscan art will undergo a restoration in full view of ...

A recent MIT-led study reveals that Roman concrete’s strength comes from volcanic ash, lime clasts, and hot mixing, giving it self-healing powers that modern cement lacks.

For being the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment, the original recipes for Egyptian blue remain a mystery. The ...

As he publishes the second book in his acclaimed Nero trilogy, master historical novelist Conn Iggulden on why we are drawn ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

One tomb belonged to Amum-em-Ipet, who lived during the Ramesside period (as the 19th and 20th Dynasties, the last two of the ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

The real Father Gabriele Amorth sits in front of a crucifix in Rome. Exorcisms performed by ... engaged helper demon figures in their efforts. The ancient Greek word daimon—from which the ...