Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don't often think to look beyond the city walls.

In ancient Rome, gladiators took part in one ... When Romans let and Saxons ruled, all ex-Roman towns were called a 'ceaster'. this was called 'Exe ceaster' and a merger of this eventually gave ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation ... officials said that the dig took place in Liternum, an ancient town near the city of Giugliano in Campania.

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 transformed one unfortunate Herculaneum resident’s brain into organic glass ...

Which is why the recent discovery of a monumental tomb crowned by life-size sculptures of a woman and man, just outside the gates on the east side of the town, isn’t just a fascinating find in and of ...