When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Step back in time to envision daily life in the mighty Roman Empire.

The eastern Basalt Desert was a home of a “very intensive” Christian graffiti production during first three centuries AD. Syrian-Jordanian desert was the frontier between the Roman Empire and ...

Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special Italian police unit, have been unveiled for the ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

Stadiums are where history is made – sites of protest and celebration, shared experiences. Now, new formats are emerging: with rooftop gardens, cafes, timber work, walkways.

Now, a farmer is reviving this ancient "superfood ... a local farmer pointing towards a white-streaked branch. "This is the famous manna." Along the bark of each tree are thick lines of manna ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept ... The technique was mentioned by 1st-Century Roman engineer and architect Vitruvius; Romans ...

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor ...

London is a city of layers, where shining skyscrapers are built atop some of the city’s oldest ancient sites. Recent excavations, such as a Roman basilica ... surrounding black wax that carried ...