Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

Archeologists in the UK and Ireland recently uncovered a rare find: the skeletal remains of a gladiator from Roman-era ...

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

The Mongol Empire was led by Genghis Khan, a conqueror who united the Mongolian tribes across Asia. Khan established a large, disciplined military infamous for its brutal and violent attacks as the ...

Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

Jewelry in a Roman treasure hoard found in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, indicates that Thetford was Pagan until the fifth ...

Beneath a soccer field in Vienna, the remains of about 150 soldiers were discovered, indicating that a fierce battle against ...

The Holy Roman Empire 1504, Götz von Berlichingen was the youngest son of a Swabian noble. Inheriting nothing apart from a ...