The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

The ancient Greek city of Pergamon was a major center of culture and learning of the Hellenistic world, standing out for its ...

A new genetic study reveals that domestic cats arrived in Europe from North Africa around 2,000 years ago, challenging the ...

A new genome study is providing some insight into the matter by determining the timing of a key milestone in feline ...

Hadrian (ruled AD 117–138) had a perfectly good villa in Rome, but he preferred to live outside the capital, and toward the ...

Do you know “Who was the first king of Rome?” Ancient Rome’s origins are wrapped in symbolism, legend, divine ancestry, and ...

Greek statues are admired worldwide for their extraordinary beauty, but do they truly reflect the actual appearance of the ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the ...

When the Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD, they introduced a host of innovations, including roads. Now, scientists say we have ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

A flipped Roman glass cup revealed symbols once thought decorative but now understood as ancient makers’ marks. In the quiet atmosphere of a museum gallery, Hallie Meredith noticed an unexpected ...

Soldiers from U.S. Army Garrison Italy’s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program traveled to Rome Nov. 17–19, where they ...