Archaeologists are piecing together vivid 1,800-year-old frescoes from “thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of plaster fragments, with no picture on the box to guide them.

An archeologist working in the catacombs of Domitilla told me on a recent visit that he and others are hoping Pope Leo may ...

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.

The work was carried out between April 7 and June 6 of this year under the direction of Dr. Giuseppe Scardozzi from the CNR ISPC (Laboratory of Archaeological Cartography), and led to the ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week.

Swiss archaeologists recently announced the discovery of an Ancient Roman building after a pedestrian alerted authorities to peculiar stones near a highway construction site.

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 Caesar, were carbonised by scorching gases that engulfed the town ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John Lateran as bishop of Rome.

Military Decorations, Pete Hegseth-Style A new lineup of distinguished-service medals, rewarding Martial Lawlessness, Laughing at All of Elon Musk’s Jokes, and Outstanding Bone Spurs.

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.