This 2,000-year-old cold case offered a wealth of information, Leiden archaeologists Carol van Driel-Murray and Mark Driessen ...

In almost every election, you hear someone say their vote didn't really matter because the outcome had already been decided. This would have been completely accurate for the Romans, who liked to ...

Ancient Rome is considered to be one of the high points in human civilization. Some of its many achievements as a ...

Who was the dead man found in a well near Velsen? And who killed him? Archaeologists and forensic experts reopened a cold ...

Buyers can find country villas, authentic farmhouses and historic buildings for sale in the region known as the “green heart ...

None of this is normal. We are betraying other countries but also our own history and culture. I always wondered what ...

If it means "the Ming dynasty's paper currency policy failed," then it was a very serious failure.When the Ming dynasty was ...

Politics is about the distribution of power and money. So it comes as little surprise that many politicians campaign on the material benefits that citizens can expect if those candidates win.

In Ostia, near Rome, a café is fighting the Mafia one espresso at a time — teaching young people to run a business legally, and build a future free from organized crime.

Fresh finds near Frenni Fawr have raised new questions about the Welsh legend of Macsen Wledig Two Roman coins dating from the late fourth century have added an extraordinary new dimension to the ...

The British medieval historian Chris Wickham, who died earlier this month, transformed our understanding of the Middle Ages. Rooted in the great tradition of British Marxist historiography, Wickham ...