Learn about the cult district of Nida, an ancient cult site uncovered under Frankfurt that archaeologists are calling one of ...

Archaeologists are doing excavation work along the A66 ahead of plans to widen the road.

While the tombs and the shrine were found within the modern city's boundaries, they would have been situated outside the ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Chemical analysis shows a Roman flask held compound medicine, offering first proof of roman flask medical feces described in ...

Archaeologists from the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Science (Inrap) have discovered a large ...

Sometimes we think we know everything on our planet, but researchers have found a new animal species in Spain. This animal has spent more than 2,000 years in ...

Explore the eerie and fascinating world of Roman Egyptian magic, where magicians summoned demons for protection, mischief, or practical help. From simple invocations to elaborate rituals involving ...

Before the Punic Wars, as Rome and Carthage edged towards conflict in the third century BC, the balance of power in the ...

Pergamon’s setting strengthens the interpretation. The city was closely tied to the sanctuary of Asclepius and long had a reputation for healing. The Asklepion at Pergamon became one of antiquity’s ...

Physicians of the Roman empire had a knack for making remedies from an assortment of components from various animals, ...

Thousands of people walk past the shrine every year without realising its history ...