A listener comments on a review of the movie Brokeback Mountain and its portrayal of gay men in America. A tongue-in-cheek essay by Diane Roberts about ancient Romans annoyed by non-Saturnalia holiday ...

French authorities are investigating a man who allegedly found 27,400 archaeological artifacts – including more than 14,000 Roman coins. In September 2019, the French national said he had discovered ...

A dramatic new discovery from a Roman cemetery in York has revealed the first osteological proof of gladiator combat with wild animals, after bite marks on a skeleton were matched to those made by a ...

The Goths, a group of Germanic tribes, were famed for being fierce adversaries of the Roman Empire. Detailed accounts of their “barbaric” conquests — and their infamous sacking of Rome in 410 A.D. — ...

Deep beneath farmland in western Bulgaria, construction workers digging a gas pipeline uncovered something extraordinary: the ruins of a lost Roman settlement, abandoned after a devastating fire ...

Excavations in the ancient Roman city Gabii have uncovered a water basin that could predate much of Roman monumental architecture. Experts believe the water basin could sit alongside another ...

A new interactive map reveals the Roman road network, linking Ancient Greece with the empire and shaping trade, travel, and ...

VATICAN CITY — A U.S. archbishop caused a stir recently when he suggested that the Catholic Church should relocate its governance away from Rome in order to be more efficient. However partially tongue ...

An ancient “princely grave” discovered in Poland sheds light on the elite society during the Roman era, according to a new study. Photo from Marcin Szmigiel, UnSplash The Goths, a group of Germanic ...