Modern technology is transforming the study of the ancient world. Archaeologists and historians now have access to scientific ...

Discover 25 facts that history forgot to mention, from Napoleon's true role to a president's parrot. Uncover bizarre, ...

Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

Soldiers and civilians alike enjoyed strategy game Ludus Latrunculorum in the Roman Empire, especially in Roman Britain ...

In a landmark achievement for archaeology and the study of ancient philosophy, researchers have digitally “unrolled” and are ...

They are, rightly, some of the most read writings from the ancient world. The second category of writing was the 600-1,000 ...

AI and advanced X-ray imaging have decoded the first sealed Herculaneum scroll, opening the door to reading hundreds of ...

This Silicon Valley-backed venture is unraveling the mangled remains of scrolls ruined by the 79 C.E. eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii ...

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...

Roman history began in 753 B.C.E., when Romulus killed his twin brother and founded the city that would eventually rule the Mediterranean. That power would be built on slavery. No modern depiction of ...

An untouched Etruscan burial chamber has been opened near Rome, complete with skeletal remains, ritual vessels, and a ...

Prologue A Greek friend from Canada, Dr. Nikos Chrystodoulou, sent me an article about an American company, Cambrian Nuclear, ...