Ancient Roman ideas of privacy differed radically from our own, and their communal toilets reveal a mindset almost impossible ...

A listener comments on a review of the movie Brokeback Mountain and its portrayal of gay men in America. A tongue-in-cheek essay by Diane Roberts about ancient Romans annoyed by non-Saturnalia holiday ...

Archaeologists working at the Ancient Bononia site in Vidin, Bulgaria have made a remarkable discovery that offers fresh insight into Roman marriage customs. A substantial gold ring weighing 23.63 ...

For the past 46 years, Roman Chariot has never stopped gimmicking up cars with gleaming wheels, chrome accents, sunroofs and other automotive add-ons. But with a new owner behind the wheel, the ...

A dramatic new discovery from a Roman cemetery in York has revealed the first osteological proof of gladiator combat with wild animals, after bite marks on a skeleton were matched to those made by a ...

In the late 1700s, Juan Vegazo, a farmer and amateur historian in Ubrique, in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz, had a grand theory: buried within the rock and dirt of a nearby hill lay the ...

French authorities are investigating a man who allegedly found 27,400 archaeological artifacts – including more than 14,000 Roman coins. In September 2019, the French national said he had discovered ...

Beneath the complex is the Temple of Sulis-Minerva, the original temple built by the Romans and dedicated to the goddess ...

Archaeologists discovered a highly public Roman mound tomb in Bavaria, a rare find for the area. The somewhat flashy location of the tomb along a highly trafficked road showed the importance of the ...