Archaeological analysis of horse remains from medieval Hungary indicates people continued to eat horses long after the country's conversion to Christianity, suggesting the decline in horsemeat ...

The Huns were nomadic warriors, likely from Asia, who are best known for invading and terrorizing Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and hastening the downfall of the Western Roman Empire.

Glenn Manning was only on his second metal detecting search ever when his machine pinged on two Roman-era swords in the ...

What makes a racehorse great? Is it speed? That’s the easy answer, but maybe not the whole answer. After all, track surfaces vary, weather shifts, and track bia ...

Although there are more spectacular ancient sites on Turkey’s Aegean coast, including the magnificent library at Ephesus and ...

The tale of Salmoneus, the king who dared to imitate Zeus, reveals ancient fears of hubris, madness, and divine punishment.

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...

Andrew Asquith returns with his ante-post column and has three bets at Haydock and Sandown on Saturday. 1pt e.w. Ancient Rome in the Coral Challenge at 20/1 (Ladbrokes, Coral, 16/1 General, 1/4 ...

Archaeologists were working on “La Place,” a medieval northern city gate that was demolished in the 1700s, when they found a ...

Bearing the inscription “Seal of the King of the Dian Kingdom”, the artifact stands as compelling evidence of the ancient Dian Kingdom’s existence, a regional state that thrived more than 2,000 years ...

Five thousand five hundred years ago, a small revolution began, but it would be generations before it changed the face of the ...

The discovery of tens of thousands of inscribed wooden slips provides concrete evidence that this location was indeed the ...