Archaeologists in southern Turkey have uncovered five new theatrical mask reliefs from the ancient city of Castabala — once ...

Ongoing excavations in 2,700-year-old ancient settlement in Kastabala, Osmaniye, currently focus on theater area, believed to ...

In the late 1700s, Juan Vegazo, a farmer and amateur historian in Ubrique, in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz, had a grand theory: buried within the rock and dirt of a nearby hill lay the ...

W elcome to a new monthly bonus edition of Plot Twist. I think about ancient Rome more than most (so much so that I’ve ...

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 ...

Scipio Africanus’ triumph and tragedy was to have been, as Dexter Hoyos puts it, “the greatest general in Roman history,” renowned for never having lost in battle. Invincibility brought Scipio (ca.

What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, beyond cement, sanitation, and all of those straight roads, the Romans played a big role in how we celebrate Christmas. Or, certainly, their wintertime ...

Merida already holds a reputation for stunning Roman remains, yet a newly documented mosaic panel featuring Medusa adds a ...

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