The tomb and its personal artifacts are some of the first true pieces of evidence of an early Roman presence in the area. The ...

King Arthur is usually placed in a mythical medieval Britain. But some historians argue he fits better in the final days of ...

Roman military officers stationed in Egypt kept pet monkeys imported from India as a symbol of wealth, according to a new ...

In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 BCE to 19th century CE). The genomes were taken from bones found in ...

There were many ways in which the elites of ancient Roman society flaunted their wealth. They built vast villas, sponsored ...

In Velzeke, near Zottegem, in East Flanders, archaeologists are searching for traces of an ancient Roman army camp. If they ...

From party invitations to requests for warm socks, letters discovered at Vindolanda, England gave first-hand accounts of everyday life inside a Roman fort. Roman outpostAn aerial view shows the ...

The vessels and coin hoards found by the reasearcher date from much later, around the late 3 rd to early 4 th century C.E.

Last week, excavations were underway in the East Flemish hamlet of Velzeke, near Zottegem. The aim was to learn more about a ...

Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...

Elizabeth M. Greene and collaborators are investigating the Roman Empire’s leather economy thanks to $2.4M CDN in grant funding.