A tiny gladiator figurine was used as a handle on a 2,000-year-old copper folding knife found in an English river, suggesting ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman knife with a handle carved into the figure of a gladiator has been found by archaeologists in England, ...

In the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, houses, frescos, and artifacts have been preserved for visitors to observe. They ...

Remarkably, the figurine is left-handed—a historically notable detail, as left-handedness was considered a bad omen in ...

Serdica Roman ruins ... Museum in Sofia, gold artifacts from the Panagyurishte Treasure 300 BC. Thracian bronze helmets, 4th ...

A precious gem found at Carlisle's Roman Bathhouse has illuminated the intricacies of religion on Rome's northernmost frontier.

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

The discoveries indicate that this tomb was reserved for members of a family of high social status or economic power in ancient Egyptian society, as evidenced by the jewelry and other ... The bones ...

Along with the 11 sealed burials, the archaeologists also found jewelry, necklaces ... mostly destroyed by what researchers believe were ancient floods. The coffins contained the skeletons ...