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 ...

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 ...

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...

The difference in ancient paradises reveals a shared human desire for a perfect afterlife, though the details vary ...

Though the remaining roles have yet to be confirmed, major characters in the book include Odysseus’ wife, Penelope, and Greek ...

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...