“Pax Augusta is probably the most authentic ancient city-building ... the massive insulae that made Rome such a fire hazard (speaking of which, you can burn a city at any point with a button ...

The mythical Romulus and Remus may get the credit, but ... of city-states to the north, began taking control of the city. While modern scholars discount some of the accounts of ancient Roman ...

The Piranesi drawings were some of the first major acquisitions for the museum and school, which was founded to further ...

Their questionable reputations and turbulent leadership brought about the downfall of Rome’s monarchy ... dominates the ruins of the ancient Etruscan city of Tarquinia in western Italy.

Phoenicians gave the world its first alphabet and were formidable sea merchants and colonizers, establishing city-states throughout ... day Tunisia and one of ancient Rome’s most formidable ...

X-ray scans show that one of them is a philosophical text called “On Vice” There's More to That To escape the crowds of the Eternal City, head below ground and enter a portal into Rome’s ...

The mundane-looking objects revealed the story of when disaster struck an ancient Roman city, the reconstruction efforts and its lingering consequences. Archaeologists began excavating a canal in ...

called “Layers of Rome,” we had traveled to Rome to explore the ancient city. But after watching the election of a new pope between lessons on ancient art and architecture, I have personally witnessed ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in ... about how ancient ... Lead Pollution Likely Caused Widespread IQ Declines in Ancient Rome, New Study Finds ...

Photos show the “rare” ancient Roman artifact. Photo from the City of Leuven Digging into the damp, marshy soil of central Belgium, archaeologists went about their typical work. The “routine ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed ruins from a hidden ancient palace which housed popes ... glimpse into the dangers faced by the papacy in Rome's medieval times. Archaeologists stumbled upon complex ...