The ancient Romans are credited with building road networks, but a new digital atlas shows these stretched 50 per cent longer than previously estimated. The research published recently is a new update ...

Scientists at U.K.-based DeepMind, the Google LLC laboratory that specializes in advanced artificial intelligence, have developed a solution to decipher ancient Roman texts that are often damaged and ...

Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing concrete.

For the first time, archaeologists have discovered wooden defenses surrounding an ancient Roman military base. The fence topped with sharpened wooden stakes, akin to today’s barbed wire, is the kind ...

Hundreds of weapons from the Roman era have been unearthed in a park in a city located in southeastern France. These findings are thought to be remnants of the Battle of Lyon, which occurred on ...

A supposed "backwater" of the Roman Empire is challenging traditional assumptions about the ancient civilization's decline, according to a research project that has lasted more than a decade. For 13 ...

You've probably heard it before: ancient Romans used urine to clean their teeth. It's one of those historical "facts" that gets repeated at dinner parties, mentioned in trivia games, and spread across ...

A seemingly simple question opens up difficult debates about ancient Roman beauty ideals and social hierarchy, and reveals ...

Italian archaeologists recently gained rare insight into life during Ancient Rome when they found a multi-story apartment building built decades before the birth of Jesus Christ. The discovery was ...

Ever wondered where the word Calendar comes from? Explore the fascinating history of timekeeping, from Ancient Rome’s Kalends ...