The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of crypts, ...

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

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

In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

Mysterious Roman ‘Sorcerer’s Treasure Trove’ With Bizarre Items Discovered by Archaeologists in Pompeii The ancient city of ...

Volcanic eruption from 12 million years ago preserves a snapshot of extinct animal life. Rhinos that once roamed much of ...

It is not the other Pompeii, the ancient and very sad city inhabited by slaves, revealed a year ago, but the real Pompeii ...

And as a simple – albeit admittedly pretentious – document of a boundary-pushing band finding focus and fusion after a period ...

The passage of time has done nothing to diminish Pompeii's capacity to shock. With ossified bodies and filthy paintings ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed ... But the ornately decorated altar, with two bodies buried beneath, confirms that “wealthy leaders from Teotihuacan ...

A BRITISH weapons lab shrouded in mystery has finally spoken out on claims it is storing alien bodies in the secret facility. Porton Down is the UK's most confidential chemical weapons lab.