Key Takeaways Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator ...
This comprehensive historical exploration traces the financial collapse of the Roman Empire during the 3rd century AD, detailing how emperors struggling to fund a massive army, vast building projects, ...
How many of us knew that the city of Gaza, the war-torn Palestinian enclave, has a Greek past that defined the history of the ...
Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered 2,000-year-old love notes using advanced technology, revealing romantic messages such as, "Take care, my Sava, love me!" ...
In a 2023 paper, Professor Ingo Strauch argued that graffiti should be considered a genre of Indian epigraphy using a powerful case study—the Ashokan pillar in Prayagraj.
For centuries, Hannibal's elephants were legend - now a rare bone found in Spain may offer real proof.
A small elephant bone found in Spain may be the first physical evidence of Hannibal's legendary war elephants.
Pope Leo XIV opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday and lamenting the “ashes of ...
Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Feb. 19 ...
At first glance, the stone doesn't appear to be much. The pale limestone surface of a museum display case in Heerlen has a few faint lines on it, worn and ...
At Todd Farm Flea Market in Rowley, Massachusetts, this weekly ritual has been transforming ordinary folks into amateur archaeologists and bargain-hunting champions for generations.
The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today, ...