A 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...

Archaeologists uncover five Roman-era theatrical masks in Hieropolis, Turkey, revealing new details about the ancient city’s ...

A new discovery by a British archaeologist of Cambridge University reveals that there was a thriving pop culture in Ancient ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50 percent longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday.

Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that ‘There are two liquids that are especially agreeable to the human body: wine inside ...

A bronze, temple-shaped box dating back over 1,700 years was discovered in central Romania, officials with the Turda History Museum announced in late September. Archaeologists unearthed the box over ...

The ancient Greeks loved the theater and ancient Greek actors enjoyed a position of eminence and respect. In contrast, although entertainment and drama were similarly adored in Ancient Rome, theater ...

Long before the Roman Empire came along, the Ancient Greeks controlled much of southern Italy. From the 8th to the 5th centuries BC, intrepid Greek settlers transformed this region into a mosaic of ...

Divers exploring the centuries-old Antikythera wreck retrieved intact pieces of the ship and found artifacts that shed light on life aboard the craft. The Antikythera shipwreck dates back to the first ...

Fermented fish sauce, or garum, was an incredibly popular condiment throughout the Roman Empire. For the first time, ancient DNA – scraped from vats used to produce the sauce – has revealed exactly ...