The Roman empire banned pants because they were seen to be a symbol of barbarism with many conquered tribes having worn them. Credit: failing_angel. CC BY 2.0/flickr Togas and tunics were the fashion ...

A top tip: many of them waive admission on certain days (often the first Sunday of every month) so always check the websites to see when admission is free. In the meantime, we’ve rounded up the ...

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A new entry on the city's free museum list is the Forma Urbis Museum, in the archaeological park on the Caelian hill, which houses the remaining fragments of the Forma Urbis Romae, the giant marble ...

That's what happened to two people in the Netherlands, who found hundreds of ancient coins that were buried 2,000 years ago in the northern border region of the Roman Empire. The hoard contains 44 ...

This larger replica makes ... of the provincial Roman blacksmith and metalworking trade,” Rüschoff-Parzinger concluded. After reading about the discovery of this small Roman lock in Germany, learn all ...

In the Biblical site of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel, archaeologists have discovered ancient Roman tablets revealing long-lost towns. Credits: Moshechn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The emperors depicted on the coins ruled between 364 and 408 C.E. National Institute for Archaeological Research The dig revealed a cache of 141 ancient Roman coins, which is valued at €308,600 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A full-scale replica of the secret annex where Anne Frank penned her famous diary has opened in New York ...

Rome Free Academy won the first two games Monday against Whitesboro and then rallied from an early deficit to earn a 3-0 victory at Strough Middle School. The result pushed Rome Free Academy to ...

In 2014, Curiosity identified evidence of long gone but “long-lived” Martian lakes, “and now, ten years later, Curiosity has discovered ancient lakes that were free of ice, offering an ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a ...