Modern day obsessions with healthy eating and fat-free foods for fitness is not new; it goes back to the ancient Greeks and ...

Archaeologists in Italy’s Valle dei Templi have uncovered ancient Greek baths, pottery kilns, and early Christian tombs in a ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...

Perched on a hill overlooking the town of Alès, the site, which was salvaged before construction on modern houses began, also ...

Ancient Greek and Roman historians reported that Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and Rome’s general Pompey encountered Amazon-like women in eastern lands.

Experts in London have spent three months piecing together the shattered remains of Roman artworks, revealing luxurious ...

Public baths also often featured gymnasiums, libraries, restaurants and exercise yards. Archaeological evidence suggests even ...

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 ...

While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to ...