On a riverside in eastern Austria sat a mysterious set of ruins. Some believed it to be an abandoned, run-down castle. Others ...

(THE CONVERSATION) It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of ... But the chief priests of the ancient Jewish temple at Jerusalem see Jesus as a ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Lugdunum (Lyon) was mainly located on the hill of Fourvière. In order to provide drinking water to the entire city, four aqueducts transported water from the nearby mountain ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the ...

Beneath the Rusovce Manor in Bratislava, archaeologists have uncovered a Roman aqueduct, shedding light on ancient engineering marvels. This discovery adds to the growing understanding of Roman ...

Medieval legend had it that Roman poet Virgil placed a magical siren ... of tunnels revealing 2,400 years of history, from Greek aqueducts to Second World War bomb shelters.

Restoration work on the Rusovce Mansion in the capital of Slovakia has unearthed remnants of ancient Roman and medieval structures, including, most remarkably, the first known Roman aqueduct in ...

“Saturday night starts this evening!” auctioneer Adrien Meyer announced on Friday night, as he opened bidding for Jean-Michel Basquiat’s eye-catching red painting Sabado por la Noche ...

One possibility traces back to Ancient Rome, where the festival of Hilaria — Latin for “joyful”— was celebrated in late March. It was a time for games, costumes, and lighthearted mockery.

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...