Not all Cornish rituals are ancient. Swimming on Christmas Day at Bude and Coverack started as a bet, and is now very much an ...

Caligula was adored by the people of Rome, too, in part because of their love for Germanicus but also out of sympathy for the ...

An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...

Lulu Roman, a gospel singer and longtime star of country music variety show "Hee Haw," has died, a close friend confirmed to USA TODAY on April 24. She was 78. Roman died April 23, in Bellingham ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator. Artists have long depicted ...

The bones of butchered and cooked animals have been found in the most high-status graves. Some hold the skulls of wild sheep, but one specific burial has the breastbone, a great bustard with cut marks ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the Roman Empire. A marble relief from first- or second-century Ephesus ...

Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so well-documented, it’s rare for archaeologists find physical evidence of ...

Lulu Roman — star of the long-running country music variety show Hee Haw — has died. The actress, comedian and acclaimed gospel singer was with the show from beginning to end, but over time ...