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

Archaeologists in France found a hidden hoard of Roman coins buried beneath a village with ancient roots.

In a quiet corner of northern France, a home renovation has opened a window into the financial habits of the Roman world. Archaeologists have uncovered three ceramic jugs packed with thousands of ...

Amidst the vast expanse of rolling hills in Italy's scenic Lazio region lies a place few have heard of, yet it possesses all the charm and mystique of any hilltop Tuscan town — like this gorgeous ...

The repatriation of several stolen artifacts from the U.S. has been completed, including a bronze emperor statue from the ancient city of Boubon, a ...

Professor Kenichi Yano of Ritsumeikan University emphasized the discovery's unique significance: ...

MIT researchers analyzed an ancient Pompeii construction site to determine how the ancient Romans produced concrete that ...

A villa in Pompeii has survived two thousand years and is still well preserved. Image via Wiki Commons. Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to ...

Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...

Archaeologists finished excavating the most complete part ever discovered of the foundations of the walls, which surrounded ...