Nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Romans enjoyed a variety of snacks when attending events at the Colosseum. Recent archaeological findings have uncovered remnants of these foods, and interestingly ...

Vilamuseu In the ruins of an ancient Roman villa in Spain, researchers have unearthed over 4,000 fragments of murals painted in the early second century. Now, experts are conserving and ...

An ancient woodland has been temporarily saved from being turned into camping facilities at a country club after a High Court battle. Wealden District Council challenged an appeal decision on a ...

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have ...

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s coliseum are legendary. Scenes of such deadly combat have been portrayed in stories, paintings, and mosaics (a Man versus ...

Austrian ruins previously known as the Desolate Castle were actually once a Roman bridgehead fort. The site served as a strategic trade crossing for the Danube River as part of the historic Amber ...

Facebook worked with Chinese government to censor posts Discovery of ancient garden beneath Jesus’ burial site backs up Biblical account Ranking All-You-Can-Eat Chain Buffets From Worst To First ...

This man's skeleton represents the first known direct physical evidence of human-animal combat from ancient Roman times, the researchers said. Wild animals used in such spectacles included ...

The necropolis has illuminated ancient Roman funerary practices, according to the superintendent. “The area is experiencing a particularly fruitful moment in terms of archaeological research ...

An ancient woodland has been temporarily saved from being turned into camping facilities at a country club after a High Court battle. Wealden District Council challenged an appeal decision on a ...

Human beings have long harnessed the natural world’s power. The ancient Roman engineer Vitruvius famously described how a water mill worked. “... at one end of the axle, a toothed drum is fixed.