The Byzantine Bureau of Barbarians functioned as an intelligence agency, securing the empire's survival through espionage and ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists say they may have discovered the death site of the Roman Empire's founder in southern Italy. Excavations ...

Rome’s rise was no accident. With disciplined legions, strategic roads, and clever alliances, the empire expanded at remarkable speed. By granting citizenship and integrating new peoples, Rome turned ...

Geneticists have shed new light on the effects of the Roman Empire on Southeast Europe. New DNA analysis has shown how the rise and fall of the empire influenced populations in the Balkans—a region of ...

Ancient Rome was filled with monumental buildings, but some of its greatest achievements are barely remembered today. Among them were the largest temples ever built in the Roman world. Massive ...

Archaeologists recently discovered a Roman canal from roughly the 1st century C.E. hidden beneath German farmland. The ...

Now, archaeologists excavating the site of El Monastil, near Elda in Alicante, have finally pried it loose: a fortified ...

As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st ...

In a city filled to the brim with iconic buildings of both the ancient and not-so-ancient variety, the Colosseum of Rome stands apart from the rest. The ancient stadium, an arched, elliptical arena, ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

A remarkable 2,000-year-old sandstone stele depicting the Roman emperor Tiberius as an Egyptian pharaoh has been unearthed at the Karnak temple complex in Luxor, Egypt. Discovered during the ...