A bioarchaeological investigation has revealed that the quality of life in the countryside was better than city life in the ...

Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

While ancient Romans were capable of actively affecting the climate, we're far better at it than they were — and that should ...

The Capitoline Museums in Rome have just today opened an exhibition exploring the history of The Farnese in sixteenth-century Rome. The show draws together one hundred and forty masterpieces including ...

Nolli Map of Rome is the best map of any city ever for three reasons: accuracy, detail, and influence. I’m not going to say ...

The ancient scroll, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. It's ...

In April 2020, a sinkhole formed in front of the historic Pantheon in Rome, Italy. While the sinkhole itself was … Continue ...

For centuries, the Vatican Library has been a vault of historical records, housing some of the world's most treasured texts, ...

An outsized history as the seat of the Catholic Church brings with it an incredible collection of art and architecture.

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

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A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.