Vilamuseu In the ruins of an ancient Roman villa in Spain, researchers have unearthed over 4,000 fragments of murals painted in the early second century. Now, experts are conserving and ...

Austrian ruins previously known as the Desolate Castle were actually once a Roman bridgehead fort. The site served as a strategic trade crossing for the Danube River as part of the historic Amber ...

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s coliseum are legendary ... indeed happen during the Roman Empire, according to an article in PLOS One. “For years, our ...

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it likely occurred as far away as Roman Britain. Credit: Public Domain ...

Left: A lion bite mark on the skeletal remains. Right: A marble relief depicting a human-lion gladiatorial fight. © Left: From the research paper: Unique ...

British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

In Greek mythology, Eos was the goddess of the dawn. Though, like other primordial gods, she was not widely worshiped by the ...

In fact, all three of those who did came from Africa Proconsularis, an historic Roman province which now mostly consists of modern-day Tunisia. In order, they were Pope Victor I, whose dates of ...

This surprisingly entertaining film examines the 1975 fiscal crisis that nearly led the city to bankruptcy. The movie’s conclusions remain relevant today. By Alissa Wilkinson Tom Hardy is a ...