A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

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 ...

Neandertal genetic traces: The ancient individuals had significantly less Neandertal ... key region," added senior author Savino di Lernia from Sapienza University in Rome.

An ancient carved stone head, possibly of a Roman god, mythological figure or philosopher, was uncovered beneath a 5th-century church in Rome, Italy. Credit: Parco Archeologico dell’Appia Antica / CC ...

The settlers brought with them their Hellenic civilization, which was to leave a lasting imprint in Italy, such as in the culture of ancient Rome. While the cultural contribution of these Greeks to ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours) and you can visit all three in one day. It doesn't include a visit to the ...

Photo by Thomas Lappi and Monika Trümper, FU Berlin, Institute of Classical Archaeology Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Greek lecture hall within a gymnasium complex in Italy ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Greek lecture hall within a gymnasium complex in Italy, making it one of the earliest known examples of a school-like facility in the ancient world ...