During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...

Stretching from the heart of Rome into the Italian countryside, the Appian Way is more than just a road—it’s a path through ...

Today, AD joins architect Nick Potts in London to uncover the city’s ancient Roman origins. Before London, there was Londinium, the capital of Roman Britain, and although it was abandoned by AD ...

Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s coliseum are legendary ... An 1800-year-old cemetery lies on the Roman road leading out of York. Excavation began there in ...

These are thought to date from before the Roman occupation of Britain. Across the border in Ireland, Irish is spoken still. In France, Breton is heard in Brittany. Amazing Maps outlined data from ...

The spot sits along the old Roman road leading out of York and got its ... sometimes with one another or with beasts, memorialized in ancient mosaics and pottery recall the Roman Colosseum ...

along the Roman road leading out of York to Tadcaster. Professor Tim Thompson, from Maynooth University, Ireland, said: “For years, our understanding of Roman gladiatorial combat and animal ...

The pope’s portrait is everywhere these days. Here, we found it in a store of liturgical paraphernalia in central Rome. There were also many other symbols around, as a testament to how religion and ...