Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Surprisingly, "we don't know enough about just who made these marbles," though it's suspected that many artists in ancient ...

A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...

One of the farthest corners of the Roman Empire, Judaea was a land of ancient traditions and religious ... that there was a kingdom greater than Rome, that God would provide and that the poorest ...

The broken walls of the villa are covered in frescoes, or paintings made on wet plaster. Vilamuseu In the ruins of an ancient Roman villa in Spain, researchers have unearthed over 4,000 fragments ...

A spectacular set of Roman statues unearthed in Turkey has shed new light on the art tradition of the lost city of Perga, ...