How did the Holy Roman Empire come into being? This video traces its origins from the fall of the Western Roman Empire through the rise of Charlemagne and the crowning of Otto I in 962. We explore how ...

Travel comes with risks, especially when exploring ancient sites. Just last month, a Japanese tourist fatally fell from one ...

The Los Angeles Chargers are 6-3 despite using an offensive line that looks nothing like they thought it would in August ...

Step back in history with this massive LEGO Roman City, including hundreds of thousands of pieces and detailed buildings.

Ten minutes before the beginning of class, Professor Douglas Boin walks into the classroom and sets down his briefcase. Rather than beginning to set up for his lecture, Boin turns to two students ...

Ancient Greek kings used war elephants from Alexander to the Seleucids, shaping battles and empire-building across the Hellenistic world.

Construction work and related archaeological endeavors in the German Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt has revealed the foundations of a Roman tumulus, or burial mound. Structures like these are ...

A remarkable wooden sculpture depicting the mythological hero Hercules has emerged from an ancient refuse pit on the Spanish island of Ibiza, impressing archaeologists with its state of preservation.

Archaeologists recently found a massive stone basin in Italy dating back more than 2,000 years — remnants of a once-powerful ...

The carriage workshop, which also had evidence of fixing horseshoes, was situated along the well-traveled Via Claudia Augusta and offered services to travelers in the first century C.E.

According to legend, the Trojans migrated to Britain after the fall of Troy. A new book investigates the historicity of this legend.