The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

A group of archaeologists describes details of the 5,000-year-old burial of 20 women adorned with perforated beads ...

An ancient Roman statue of Athena ... Now known as the Halsted Athena, the statue depicts the deity in a cascading tunic with an aegis draped across her chest. She stands with her right hand ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. And those still functional marvels rely on a unique construction material: pozzolanic ...

Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ceremony or sacrifice Sonja Anderson The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and ...

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman ... women leaving their homes to join their husband’s family group – in other ancient ...

Weddell’s own journey to Rome to purchase the statue reflects the practice of Grand Tours across the cities of the ancient world, popular among young British aristocrats. A painter who ...

The Venus de Milo, a celebrated ancient statue found ... the Cyclades that record women selling perfumes and textiles, most often in the late Hellenistic and Roman period. So how did life change ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...