Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...

The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made ...

Roman military officials stationed at an Egyptian port were crazy about their pets, and seem to have been particularly fond ...

In an announcement from the Northumberland National Park, officials said in late October that a record number of finds were ...

Archaeologists reveal that a new digital atlas shows Roman road network was 50% larger than known, mapping 186,000 miles across Europe, Africa and the Middle East using satellite imagery.

The sarcophagus was found among abandoned houses in a quarter of Aquincum that had been vacated in the 3rd century and later repurposed as a burial ground. Nearby discoveries included a Roman aqueduct ...

Archeological excavations at Jerash continue to produce new finds more than a century after the ancient city’s rediscovery.

A discovery in Sardinia reveals up to 50,000 intact Roman coins, prompting research into trade, shipwrecks, and Mediterranean ...

Untouched by looters and sealed for centuries, the sarcophagus was found with its stone lid still fixed in place, secured by ...

It has been revealed that the skeletal remains of a man from Roman-era Britain show he was bitten by a large cat like a lion, meaning that he may well have been a combatant who died in a gladiator ...

Domestic cats appeared in Europe about two thousand years ago, their spread was facilitated by the military roads of the ...