Concealed for decades, a huge network of chambers beneath Rome’s Capitoline Hill is to be opened up to the public, revealing ...

Engineers believe Hadrian’s Aqueduct, which was constructed in the second century, can help the city conserve dwindling water supplies amid worsening droughts.

Archaeologists have uncovered a lavish Roman-era villa adorned with colorful frescoes and a unique fish pond in the ancient ...

Experts are searching for the remains of hundreds of children who died at the institution run by Catholic nuns until 1961, ...

Bulgaria was on the frontier of the Roman Empire, part of the 1,800km-long Danube Limes of forts and fortified cities. Plovdiv is the oldest continually-inhabited city in Europe; and the modern ...

Roman sewage systems and aqueducts were remarkably complex, but not built for a soft nose. Image via Wiki Commons.

A metal detectorist’s rare discovery of Roman-era swords in Willersey, UK, led archaeologists to uncover a settlement spanning the Iron Age to Roman times.

During renovation of a street in Split, Croatia, archaeologists revealed an ancient Roman tunnel leading to cellars of Diocletian’s Palace. Photo from Vesna Bulić Baketić As workers dug up a ...

Traditional ancient books are suffering from time wear and environmental threats. In order to meet this challenge, digital technology creates stable and reliable digital versions of ancient books, ...

The discovery of more than 15,000 kilometers of ancient riverbeds on Mars suggests that the Red Planet may once have been much wetter than previously thought.

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.