Domestic cats only started appearing in Europe about 2,000 years ago, much later than previously believed, and with a ...

In the late Roman Republic, one murder and the explosive trial that followed exposed the weaknesses at the heart of Rome’s ...

The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made ...

In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 BCE to 19th century CE). The genomes were taken from bones found in ...

Archaeologists excavating the remains of a Roman city in Portugal have discovered a rare bronze inkwell filled with the ...

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

A rare example of a sun hat from late Roman Egypt that was stitched together from fabrics in five colors.