Credit: Neil Theasby / Wikimedia Commons The most recent study, published in the English Historical Review, proposes a groundbreaking hypothesis: some Anglo-Saxons may have served as elite soldiers in ...

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 ...

A hoard of 50 Roman coins discovered by an amateur metal detectorist buried in a farmer's field in a 'once in a lifetime find ...

The Lycurgus Cup, an ancient Roman feat of pioneering nanotechnology in the fourth century exhibited at the British Museum. Credit: The British Museum/ X (formerly Twitter) The mysterious Lycurgus Cup ...

But Italy’s capital is so much more than its awe-inspiring Renaissance buildings and ancient ruins—with a population of over four million, Rome is a fast-paced city on par with cosmopolitan ...

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no ...

The Roman God of Justice was called Justitia and she holds the scales of justice. The Tarpeian Rock was a steep cliff in ancient Rome. It was commonly used during the Roman Republic as an ...

Ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome. Credit: Lalupa / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Many people are familiar with the legend of Romulus and Remus, which supposedly explains the origin of the ancient ...

Highway workers found an ancient Roman cemetery, including a grave filled with a curious substance, during a recent highway construction project in England. The announcement was made last week by ...

In 1992, an English farmer lost his hammer in the middle of a field. He reached out to his friend … Continue reading "An ...

all kings of England in 1066. The last Roman soldiers left Britain in 410. New people came in ships across the North Sea - the Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to ...