A mosaic outside a home in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii reading: "Beware of the dog" - Copyright AFP Jim WATSON A mosaic outside a home in the ancient Roman city ...

Researchers are using advanced AI models to uncover hidden authorship in the Hebrew Bible and restore fragmentary Roman inscriptions. Custom algorithms can detect subtle linguistic patterns in ...

Rome’s next luxury hotel has some very good bones: Archaeologists said Wednesday that the ruins of Nero’s Theater, an imperial theater referred to in ancient Roman texts but never found, have been ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have shed new light on "magical" texts created centuries ago in Egypt with the intention of bringing about ...

If you've ever read a letter from antiquity, you may recognize the strange pull it can have. The writer is long gone, the world around them has vanished, and still, the voice can feel close enough to ...

From a modern, scientific perspective, the wine Romans drank is often seen as an inconsistent, poorly made, and thoroughly unpleasant beverage. It is alleged that Roman winemakers had to mask their ...