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

The people of ancient Rome didn’t have access to modern science, but they still developed complex – and incredibly intuitive ...

A Roman scroll, partially preserved when it was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, has been virtually unwrapped and decoded using artificial intelligence. The feat was achieved by ...

Archaeologists explain the ongoing excavations at Pompeii and new findings about Vesuvius’ eruption date, slavery and daily life for ancient Romans. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii When ...

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

We tend to think about people in the past as more prudish and strict about sex and gender. But really people have been experimenting with sex and gender for as long as humans have existed. In the ...

Our of the history books and into our homes, Melbourne Museum has announced an epic exhibition on the Roman Empire, to open ...

Italy's Ministry of Culture told CNN that the treasure "represents one of the most important discoveries of numismatic finds in recent years” Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has ...

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