Headless skeletons, feral bears and female fighters – a new British Museum show revolutionises our understanding of life in ...

Researchers Uncover a Roman Necropolis With More Than 60 Graves Including ‘Curse Tablets,’ Used to Call for Divine Vengeance ...

The ancient Romans lived in smelly cities. We know this from archaeological evidence found at the best-preserved sites of Roman Italy — Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia and Rome — as well as from ...

We find many mosaics on the floors of ancient Roman buildings. They often show scenes from well-known stories, or even just pictures from everyday life at the time…and if I’m not mistaken ...

Roman culture has influenced artists and writers across the centuries, including William Shakespeare who write several 'Roman plays' - including Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra.

Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...

The figure wears a mural crown, a traditional symbol of the patron goddesses of Greco-Roman cities, such as Tyche in Greek tradition and Fortuna in Roman culture. These deities, associated with ...