In a 1993 episode of The Simpsons, Lisa is in class, daydreaming of a headset that can take her back in time to witness the ...

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...

Similar examples of ancient lion artifacts appear to have been used as door knockers. But the newly discovered discs may have ...

The Statue of Liberty is an icon of our political freedom. The Cross is an icon of our spiritual freedom. The Statue of ...

Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...

Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that ...

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...

To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

It wasn’t until the middle of the 16th century that the city became part of the Kingdom of France. By then, the city had been ...

An archaeological dig in eastern France revealed the remnants of a five-foot-high equestrian statue that likely overlooked a ...

Boasting King Tut's treasures and countless other riches, anticipation for the Grand Egyptian Museum mounts as delays thwart ...

Since 1471, the Capitoline Museums have been accumulating masterpieces of ancient art here, with patience and devotion throughout the centuries. On 14 December 1471, Pope Sixtus IV presented the Roman ...