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

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they ...

Berenike was an isolated, windswept outpost. It linked the Roman Empire to the trade routes of India, Arabia, and East Africa ...

Archaeologists in Hungary have opened a sealed Roman coffin that had not been disturbed for roughly 1,700 years, revealing a ...

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

There were 22 gold objects, in addition to other impressive grave goods, buried with the deceased, indicating they were ...

The discovery of a single grave in a Dutch town has pushed the story of Rome’s northern frontier into sharper focus than any ...

Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to uncover the secret behind the ...

Roman military officers kept monkeys as companions and even gave them their own pets - Remains in an ancient cemetery provide ...

The Independent reports that archaeologists have discovered infant skeletons from the Roman period bearing significant "negative health markers," pointing to widespread suffering among urban ...