A once-secret passage used by Emperor Commodus to access the Rome Colosseum is opening to the public for the first time, ...

Recent discoveries have brought to light a series of long-lost photographs revealing a secret underground complex in Egypt, ...

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by ...

The Caral people viewed frogs as symbols of water and rainfall. At its height, the Caral civilization included an estimated 30 urban centers linked by trade, agriculture, fishing, and religious ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

The inscription reading " Clemes Stam " connects this burial artifact to one of Europe's most prestigious swordmaking centers during the Renaissance period. The sword emerged from the ruins of the ...

In a city filled to the brim with iconic buildings of both the ancient and not-so-ancient variety, the Colosseum of Rome stands apart from the rest. The ancient stadium, an arched, elliptical arena, ...

Ancient DNA reveals Napoleon’s army was decimated by hidden fevers, not typhus, during the disastrous 1812 Russian invasion.

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