The decision came soon after the Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved informed the university that they would not participate.

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

More than 20 sites in Egypt have been excavated by the French Archaeological Mission since 1994. Excavations were mainly ...

The handful animal ghosts in the ancient world are often depicted not as friendly visitors but as mere tools for humans – and ...

A room-sized, 3D diorama at the National Archeological Museum of Naples in Italy, depicts the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

The movie only recently started filming and is still more than a year away, but each little detail that leaks out from the ...

Tales of ancient Rome have long enraptured modern audiences ... Coax is soon imprisoned, sold into slavery, and forced to fight as a gladiator. Thus begins a quest for liberation and revenge ...

The Romans consumed vast quantities of wine, and its availability cut across all social classes, from nobles to common laborers and even slaves. Historical records ... crucial insights into daily life ...

The Christian religion, which was monotheistic, ran counter to the traditional Roman religion, which was polytheistic, influenced by the ancient Greek pantheon ... The number of slaves enlisted to ...

The ancient Greek Stoic philosopher ... His name, in Greek, means the “Acquired One.” He spent his youth in Rome as a slave to Epaphroditus, a wealthy freedman and secretary to Emperor Nero. In 68, ...

Pier Paolo Petrone In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby ancient Roman city of Pompeii and the smaller town of Herculaneum under deadly layers of volcanic ash, pumice and ...