An IQ reduction of 2 to 3 points doesn’t sound like much, but when you apply that to essentially the entire European ...

The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

Historian Victor Davis Hanson chronicles the parallels between empires of the past and America today on walls and border ...

The Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed wildcat, but experts and information on the ...

Italian police chased down a man riding an e scooter carrying a 66-pound marble base in Rome. While the man is under ...

Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who had once served in the Roman army, escaped from slavery in 73 BCE. What began as a prison ...

When workers began excavating a new parking garage in Rome, they discovered what archeologists say was once Emperor Caligula's "pleasure gardens." Anderson Cooper reports on the find and the scholarly ...

Rome is a city shrouded in myth yet full of potent physical reminders of many historical triumphs and tragedies. Walking the ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

The social season is almost upon us, which means Ascot, Henley, Wimbledon and the rest. Or, as the Romans might have put it, ...

Police apprehended the 24-year-old on Wednesday evening after he was spotted zipping down the historic Via Veneto near the US ...