The Aetolians were an ancient Greek tribe of hardened hillmen that managed to defeat the mighty army of Alexander the Great.

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

Widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern archaeological science, the DAI pioneered the transition from indiscriminate digging at archaeological sites to the systematic excavation and ...

A new wave of fossil studies reveals that armored dinosaurs weren’t rare; they were evolutionary powerhouses. From ankylosaurs to stegosaurs, these creatures developed plate-like defenses not just for ...

Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...