The contents of a 2,000-year-old burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum have been seen for the ... a machine that uses electrons to produce a powerful X-ray beam that can look into the scroll ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours) and you can visit all three in one day. It doesn't include a visit to the ...

It’s straight from the original show, which often featured flashbacks starring an aged-down Hall. And by “aged down,” I mean wearing a ridiculous long-hair wig to make him look like a teenager.

Finally, the modern city of Alexandria was largely built over the original ... "The one in Rome, Augustus' mausoleum, is completely visible. Why isn't the mausoleum of Alexander visible?

Read more: Beyond the Trevi Fountain: An ancient roman’s guide to secret Rome The Gianicolo (or Janiculum Hill) is the place where locals come to watch the sunset. Although it wasn’t one of the ...

Although it wasn’t one of the original ... is perhaps Rome’s most impressive (it’s actually oval) and has at its centre an Egyptian obelisk taken from Heliopolis by Augustus for the Circus ...

Metal detectorists and archaeologists unearthed over 400 of ancient British, Roman and African coins linked to a military conquest, photos show. Photo from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the ...

Before Augustus, the month of August was called Sextillis, because it had been the sixth month of the original Roman calendar ... knowing that to do so would ruin his plans of still making Rome look ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer ...

More than a billion people around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year. A traditional lion dance performance in Beijing on Wednesday.Credit...Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Supported by By Yan ...

President Donald Trump has ordered officials to declassify files on three of the most consequential killings in U.S. history – those of former President John F. Kennedy, former U.S. Attorney ...