Roman defixiones were lead curse tablets used for justice, protection, or revenge, revealing everyday beliefs in antiquity ...

A sculpture of a mysterious, never-before-seen Roman deity has been unearthed in an ancient temple in Turkey. The 1st century B.C. relief, of an enigmatic bearded god rising up out of a flower or ...

Torch lights flicker in the underground space, illuminating the stone statues and casting shadows on the gathering. Military men sit on brick benches and look at the stone carving. Looking back at ...

Not where you’d expect to find it. At one point, the Roman Empire reached from one end of the European continent to the other. Roman cultural heritage similarly spread across the territory, sometimes ...

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

Through a new discovery, researchers have put to rest age-old questions about an ancient Roman pool in Bahçeli, Turkey.

Several lines of evidence, including historical records and artistic depictions, suggest that female gladiators did exist in ...