A LONG extinct creature has been found inside a 2,000-year-old amulet that ancient Romans may have believed held magic powers, according to a new study. The mysterious marine creature, a trilobite,… ...

Human History This Ancient Roman Artifact Is Also a 453 Million-Year-Old Fossil The Romans may have treasured the trilobite fossil for its presumed magical or protective powers.

Around 1,500 Latin inscriptions are discovered every year, offering an invaluable view into the daily life of ancient Romans—and posing a daunting challenge for the historians tasked with ...

Historians note that Latin inscriptions are among the richest sources for everyday Roman life, records of law, religion, military affairs, commerce, and even quiet personal messages.

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — An ancient Roman mystery is afoot in the rolling hills of northern Britain. Archaeologists have unearthed a stash of unusually large shoes at the ruins of a ...

News Archaeology Archaeologists Reconstruct Ancient Roman “Jigsaw Puzzle” The thousands of fragments once formed an enormous fresco that decorated around 20 walls in a building in central London.

Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that measure more than 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) long. The finds add to the ...

Fermented fish sauce, or garum, was an incredibly popular condiment throughout the Roman Empire. For the first time, ancient DNA – scraped from vats used to produce the sauce – has revealed ...

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient condiments.

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.

While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to developments in warfare.

Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site.