Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...

During construction work in the city of Varna, workers found a well-preserved marble statue dating back to the Roman era ...

Despite its far-flung location and years of burial, the statue is remarkably well-preserved, save for the broken-off right ...

Archaeologists working near a 900-year-old palace in Cambodia set out to search for rocks. But their project quickly took a ...

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

Italian archaeologists have unearthed 24 beautifully preserved bronze statues in Tuscany believed to date back to ancient Roman times. The statues were discovered under the muddy ruins of an ...

The statue depicts a Roman elite, Gaius Marios Hermogenes, dating back to the 2nd or 3rd Century, and is in near-perfect ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Archaeologists have unearthed several Roman buildings and the ruins of a forum in Spain which likely helped integrate local ...

A lone vandal is believed to be behind damage done to two religious statues outside a historic Roman Catholic church in ...