The straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. There’s no evidence of a ...

A hoard of 1,368 coins, most of them silver, was discovered in England. Why they were buried is a mystery.

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

The effort started when amateur archaeologists discovered a single gold coin in a nearby field in Holzthum village in north ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Tetrarchic boundary stone at the site of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel. Originally ...

Waffles are one of the oldest treats. The history of waffles goes back to ancient Greece and a type of bread called obleios ...

Few grocery shoppers in a regular central Strasbourg supermarket have any idea that below their feet is a third-century tower ...

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure ...

Archaeologists excavating Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel have discovered a rare Tetrarchic boundary stone from the Roman ...

A team of archaeologists recently discovered a hoard of 141 Roman gold coins dating back to around the Fourth Century CE in ...

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