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.

A couple who have volunteered in numerous excavations over the years found a "highly revered" ancient artifact at a fort in ...

Perched on a hill overlooking the town of Alès, the site, which was salvaged before construction on modern houses began, also ...

Located near Auxerre, the grand estate once possessed an exorbitant level of wealth, with thermal baths and heated floors ...

The Via della Conciliazione, the grand avenue leading to St. Peter’s Square, was transformed on Sunday into a vibrant ...

It’s not coincidental that today’s optional memorial follows the Solemnity of Peter and Paul. Sts. Peter and Paul stand at ...

A pedestrian's discovery of stones helped archaeologists uncover an Ancient Roman building near a Swiss highway. The site was previously excavated in the 1860's, but forgotten.

A new discovery of a Roman army marching camp changes what we know about the frontier boundaries of the empire beyond the Rhine River. The camp was located within the forested Veluwe in the ...

The shoe “was intact from toe to heel and immediately drew impressed gasps from volunteers and staff alike,” writes Rachel ...

Popularized by the movie Indiana Jones, Rome's ancient catacombs are tinged with mystery. Catacombs such as these were carved over hundreds of years beginning in the second century A.D. from soft ...

Roman men liked to write, and they did a lot of it, and then over time, the people who were obsessed with Rome wrote a lot about them and their times. The Founding Fathers of the United States ...

Walking through the streets of Rome, it's obvious that the Eternal City takes its history seriously. Remnants of the past are immaculately preserved wherever you go, including one of the stops in our ...