Archaeologists debated the age and purpose of the ruins for years — but not anymore. Take a look at their recent finds.

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

Archaeologists near Naples, Italy, have made a discovery, uncovering aRoman necropolis that adds a fresh layer to the ...

The assembly hall at the ancient Hellenistic city of Stratonikeia, also known as the “City of Gladiators,” is restored to its ...

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

When construction workers started churning up skeletal remains, a project to renovate a soccer field outside Vienna, Austria, ...

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the ...

Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty.

Archaeologists think that as many as 150 individuals may have been hastily buried at the site, likely after a "catastrophic" ...

Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...