Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...

Because “Roman roads are characteristically straight,” archaeologists thought they knew where the London section of road ...

Research at the University of Warwick shows that the rise of civilization of ancient Greece began one century earlier than ...

The move comes after what authorities called a record summer that saw more than 4 million people visiting the world-famous ...

Visit Pompeii, a preserved wonder of ancient Rome, now capping visitors to 20,000 daily. Explore its history responsibly from ...

Pompeii is located about 150 miles (241 kilometers) from Rome. The study builds upon research from 2022 when scientists sequenced the genome of a Pompeii victim for the first time and confirmed the ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Archaeologists began excavating a site in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in 2017 ahead of home construction. They expected to find something because of the area’s proximity to Excisum, a prosperous ancient Roman ...

Cato the Elder was a senator during the Roman Republic. After a trip to Carthage, he became convinced that Carthage was a ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...