When researchers carefully lifted the lid, they uncovered a complete skeleton surrounded by dozens of artifacts.

Untouched by looters and sealed for centuries, the sarcophagus was found with its stone lid still fixed in place, secured by ...

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

The sarcophagus was found among abandoned houses in a quarter of Aquincum that had been vacated in the 3rd century and later repurposed as a burial ground. Nearby discoveries included a Roman aqueduct ...

Archaeologists from the Budapest History Museum made the significant discovery during extensive excavations in Óbuda, a ...

We like to think we know what our ancient female forebears were like. Yet a spate of recent discoveries confirms the truth: that we really have no idea. Clues from ancient texts and archaeological ...

A woman in Texas bought a statue bust at a Goodwill store for $34.55. It turned out to be an ancient Roman artifact belonging to King Ludwig I of Bavaria. It will be on display at the San Antonio ...

In fact, the $34.99 sculpture that an art collector picked up in Austin, Texas in 2018 was no mere tchotchke, but actually a centuries-old ancient Roman bust that had been missing from Germany since ...

Like all women of their time, Asellina and Zmyrina could not vote. But they found influence in their own ways. Asellina owned a popular thermopolium on a bustling corner of ancient Pompeii, where her ...