A collection of Roman-era bronze cauldrons, estimated to be roughly 1,700 years old, has surfaced in a German agricultural ...

Like going to the eye doctor for a better pair of specs, astrophysicists are getting some upgraded lenses — both humanmade and natural — for a closer look at dark matter. An international team of ...

A new study by archaeologists at Bournemouth University has revealed that bodies recovered from a "war-cemetery," previously attributed to the Roman Conquest of Britain at Maiden Castle Iron Age ...

A study by Prof. Dr. Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen, published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, provides new insights into how the average human behavior in the tribal territory of Treveri ...

Ancient Roman diets, once a mystery, are now being revealed through bioarchaeological studies of Herculaneum's sewers.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Scientists have reportedly solved the question of how ancient Roman buildings have survived for millennia, according to a recent study. The study, which was published in the journal Science Advances ...

A new chemical and microscopic analysis of Pompeii residues documents a sacrificial rite that had only been previously described by ancient Roman writers and artists. Reading time 3 minutes The ...

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50 percent longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday ...

The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD was a pivotal moment in human history, when Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed teenage emperor Romulus Augustulus in Italy and set in motion the collapse ...