Highway workers found an ancient Roman cemetery, including a grave filled with a curious substance, during a recent highway construction project in England. The announcement was made last week by ...

The coins include depictions of nine Roman emperors who ruled between 364 ... because it is extremely rare to be able to study in its entirety an ancient monetary deposit in its archaeological ...

Roman Kemp delighted fans last year when the former I'm a Celebrity star was named as a last-minute presenter for the BRITs after Idris Elba dropped out. However, the Mail has reported that the ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Ancient aqueducts and Renaissance sculptures ... tossed over your shoulder into the fountain means you’ll return to Rome; a second means you’ll find love; a third means you’ll marry.

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

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Related: Ancient lead pollution may have lowered IQs across the Roman Empire. ] The coins are said to be in excellent conditions and have an estimated value of roughly $322,000 (308,600 Euros).

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

When stacked and integrated, these components will form the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The assembly of the telescope ramped up this fall, with 600 workers aiming to get everything ...

Here’s how it works. An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.