The fortress stood undisturbed for two millennia.

In 89 BCE, when the residents of Pompeii rebelled against Rome, the Empire pulled no punches in its attempts to quell the ...

The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that a weapon known as the polybolos—or multi-thrower—was used during the Roman conquest ...

Why does a windswept ridge in the Swiss Alps matter now? Because a newly identified Roman camp high above the valleys of Graubünden turns a dramatic mountain landscape into something more precise: a ...

For more than three decades, the military supremacy of the United States has been one of the central pillars of the international system. From the end of the Cold War onward, American technological ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected ...

Did Judas Iscariot–who betrayed Jesus—have God on his side? Bob Dylan asked 63 years ago. The US, Israel and Iran’s ...

A bronze statue of a Roman emperor on horseback. Where it is from: Rome, Italy. When it was made: Circa A.D. 1 ...

The martial arts master also was a big-screen action hero in 'Lone Wolf McQuade,' 'Missing in Action,' 'The Delta Force' and more.

Archaeologists uncovered a 2,000-year-old temple in Denmark at Hedegård, revealing insights into a mysterious Iron Age power center with luxury goods and Roman connections.