While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered remnants of a skull.

There were 22 gold objects, in addition to other impressive grave goods, buried with the deceased, indicating they were ...

Across Europe, archaeologists have discovered over a hundred mysterious bronze objects from the Roman Empire - each perfectly ...

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...

Archaeologists in Budapest have opened a sealed Roman sarcophagus that had not been disturbed for roughly 1,700 years, ...

A discovery in Sardinia reveals up to 50,000 intact Roman coins, prompting research into trade, shipwrecks, and Mediterranean ...

Croatia is home to the world's only Roman palace that people still live inside, 1700 years after it was first constructed.

A key figure in this controlled chaos was the Saturnalicius Princeps, or “Leader of Saturnalia.” This mock king was chosen by ...