Archaeologists perplexed to find ‘very large’ Roman leather shoes at ancient fort - Largest of the finds was close to modern ...

Archaeology is revealing that the real Amazons were horse-riding, spear-throwing, pants-wearing fearsome female fighters from ancient Scythia.

Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

Long before we did this at football games, it was done on the battlefield during the American Civil War - and it goes back ...

Their enemies portrayed them as barbarians, but their artifacts tell a different story. Between their weapons, jewelry, and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nero's ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York were similar. That is the message of “The Comet/Poppea,” an intriguing combination of Monteverdi’s 1643 opera “L’incoronazione ...

Lucretia ’s is a tragic story. It is a story of rape in ancient Rome, but also of honor violated. And it is a story that ends in tragedy because so strong is the shame at the thought of being unjustly ...

Enormous Roman ‘puzzle’ reveals rare luxury frescoes, ancient graffiti Experts in London have spent three months piecing together the shattered remains of Roman artworks, revealing luxurious ...

Archaeologists have put together thousands of pieces of wall plaster to reveal paintings that once decorated a luxurious Roman villa in London. They include illustrations of flowers, birds, fruit ...