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

The knife handle is a testament to how pervasive the gladiator celebrity culture was in the Roman Empire, reaching all the ...

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

Remarkably, the figurine on the handle is left-handed—an uncommon and historically significant detail, as left-handedness was ...

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

He said ancient floods destroyed most of the burials' wooden coffins and linen wrappings. However, some items such as jewelry in ... on Egypt's rich Pharaonic artifacts, suffered a long downturn ...

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 ...

An excavation at a Roman fortress in the country of Georgia has revealed a gold offering to a god of war, a colorful mosaic and other artifacts ... Swiss Alps In the ancient world, people often ...