In addition to these common Roman weapons, gladiators also used a sword called a sica. It was a curved sword with a cutting ... a common naval tactic of the era. Like a strange combination of ...

Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced this week. The coins are thousands of years old, the Netherlands ...

Fun aesthetic additions to the insides of cases aren't exactly a new concept but one thermaltake design from CES this year has caught my eye thanks to its being entirely curved. Some of the PC ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered dozens of Roman-era graves of men who were buried with "curse tablets," at least one of which was written in an extinct language. Excavations underneath an ...

The rare mix of Roman and British money features portraits of emperors and kings who ruled from Rome, England and Africa. Many of the coins were minted between A.D. 46 and 47, during the reign of ...

A newly analyzed papyrus has revealed a remarkable case of forgery and financial fraud in the Roman Empire, offering scholars an unprecedented glimpse into the legal and administrative machinery ...

A bio-archaeologist with the University of Reading, in the U.K., has found an ancient dog's red-painted penis bone along with a trove of other bones, in an ancient Roman era quarry shaft.

Two metal detectorists in the Netherlands have found a hoard of first-century gold and silver coins. The rare mix of Roman and British money features portraits of emperors and kings who ruled from ...

A Revolutionary War era officer’s sword that was owned by Brigadier General William Skinner from Perquimans County. Skinner was a member of the General Assembly, Provincial Congress, North ...