Genetic analysis and archaeological insight combine to reveal the ancient origins of the fallow deer, the results have been published in two new studies
Painkiller or Pleasure? A team of archaeologists provides the first conclusive evidence for the intentional use of black henbane in the Roman world
At the Capitoline Museums, in the garden of Villa Caffarelli, the imposing full-scale reconstruction of the Colossus of Constantine
A monumental structure, that evidence suggests belonged to a Roman temple that dates to Constantine’s period, has been discovered in Spello
New findings from Interamna Lirenas, traditionally written off as a failed backwater in Central Italy, change our understanding of Roman history, its excavators believe
An elegantly carved saddle from Mongolia is one of earliest frame saddles; the study has been published in the Antiquity journal
Ancient DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire shifted populations in the Balkans, according to a study in Cell
Cold War satellite imagery reveals 396 previously undocumented Roman forts in Mesopotamia, from western Syria to northwestern Iraq
Working over a period of five years, 30 specialists from Egypt and Germany have finished restoring the ceiling of the Temple of Esna
A Roman-period cranial tumor case from Spain; the cranium was discovered during a caving expedition to the Sima de Marcenejas
