The Diolkos stone road is a marvel of engineering from Ancient Greece, allowing ships to travel from the Ionian Sea to the Aegean Sea.

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by archaeologists.

Researchers still puzzle over exactly how Roman concrete was made, but they have a few clues, including many of its ...

An excavation at the Tell Abu Sefeh site in Egypt revealed sophisticated military fortifications from the Ptolemaic and Roman ...

A recent archaeological excavation in Switzerland took a somber turn when historians discovered a collection of infant ...

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

Chestnut trees reveal the lasting impact of the Roman Empire on Europe’s landscape, showing how Romans shaped forestry across ...

Orenstein emphasized that excavations like that of the Pilgrimage Road put biblical stories into historical context.

Archaeologists say the muddy soil in the area preserved the artifact, which likely dates to between the second and third centuries C.E.

The “routine excavation” suddenly took a turn when a “rare” ancient Roman artifact emerged — and left the team stunned.

In addition to ancient Roman pottery, jewelry, rare coins, and evidence of a road system, the 18-acre site in Newington, ...