The exceptional find emerged during the fifth consecutive season of excavations at this Roman outpost, which lies north of Hadrian's Wall, reports the BBC. Volunteer Barry Mead discovered the precious ...

This video estimates the amount of gold in the Roman Empire - and the approximate chances of that gold ending up in your ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

Ten minutes before the beginning of class, Professor Douglas Boin walks into the classroom and sets down his briefcase. Rather than beginning to set up for his lecture, Boin turns to two students ...

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

Author and National Constitution Center President & CEO Jeffrey Rosen talked about his book, "The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America," and ...

To watch Christian McCaffrey gallop through defenses, plow over defenders and make grown men whiff in space, you wouldn't know that the San Francisco 49ers running back was coming off a season-ending ...

Excavations in the ancient Roman city Gabii have uncovered a water basin that could predate much of Roman monumental architecture. Experts believe the water basin could sit alongside another ...

He died nearly 2,000 years ago in what is now Italy. He was a sailor in the Roman navy, serving on an oar-powered warship called a trireme. He didn't lead a legion, seize a throne or start a new ...

(Image credit: D. Ryan Gray) When clearing undergrowth in their New Orleans yard one day, a married couple discovered something completely unexpected: a Roman headstone that had once marked the grave ...

A Louisiana woman was clearing up some overgrowth in her backyard when she uncovered a marble tablet with the mysterious inscription “spirits of the dead” on it. It turned out to be the 1,900-year-old ...