The earliest woolen cloths found in Scandinavia are quite rough and irregular, but cloths dating from the Roman Ages are much finer and closely woven. The more regular cloth has a plain twill weave, ...

Highway workers found an ancient Roman cemetery, including a grave filled ... and that some fragments "bore the imprints of the cloth the body had been buried in." For more Lifestyle articles ...

Danish archaeologists recently announced the discovery during an excavation of a variety of weapons and armor dating to the Iron Age and ancient Rome.

Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural ...

New sites and artifacts are found all the time, revealing forgotten secrets of the past. Here are some of the latest discoveries: In the heart of Rome, a dazzling blue material dating back 2,000 years ...

As a new study has suggested that the famous Turin Shroud might not be a Medieval forgery, renewed attention has fallen on ...