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For the First Time in 300 Years, Pilgrims Can Climb These Holy Marble Steps
Worshippers can kneel up the 28 steps some believe Jesus ascended to receive his death sentence
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Recently Uncovered Thermopolium Reminds Us That Romans Loved Fast Food as Much as We Do
Similar snack counters dug up throughout Pompeii were once destinations for on-the-go Romans looking for a quick bite
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Site Where Julius Caesar Was Stabbed Will Finally Open to the Public
The curia in Pompey’s Theater where Caesar died in the Largo di Torre Argentina is currently a fenced-off feral cat colony
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Graffiti Left by Soldiers Repairing Hadrian’s Wall Will Be Immortalized in 3-D
Historic London calls the etchings “some of the most important” along the empire’s sprawling 73-mile northern border
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College Basketball Player Lends a Limb to Armless Roman Statue
The 6-foot-9 forward for North Carolina State University posed for a 3-D reconstruction of the sculpture’s missing arm
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Egyptian Schoolboy’s 1,800-Year-Old Lesson to Go on Display
The British Library took the exercise out of storage as part of an upcoming exhibition on the history of writing
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Preserved Horse, Saddled, Harnessed and Ready to Flee, Found in Villa Outside Pompeii
Archaeologists found ornamental pieces of a harness and saddle, suggesting the horse was ready to ride when the volcano blew its top
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The Goddess in the Margarine Tub Is Just One of 1,267 Treasures Found by the British Public in 2017
A new report reveals the pieces voluntarily recorded with the U.K.’s Portable Antiquities Scheme last year
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Ambitious VR Experience Restores 7,000 Roman Buildings, Monuments to Their Former Glory
You can take an aerial tour of the city circa 320 A.D. or stop by specific sites for in-depth exploration
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Excavation Hints at Opulent Lifestyle Enjoyed by Inhabitants of Ancient Greek City
This is the first time that residential remains have been discovered at Tenea, once thought to have been founded by Trojan prisoners
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No, Archaeologists Probably Did Not Find a New Piece of the Antikythera Mechanism
A bronze disc found near the shipwreck last year is likely not a cog wheel from the ancient Greek astronomical proto-computer
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It’s True: Ancient Gauls Embalmed the Severed Heads of Their Enemies
Chemical analysis shows that ancient accounts of the warriors preserving heads using pine resin are accurate
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Lessons in the Decline of Democracy From the Ruined Roman Republic
A new book argues that violent rhetoric and disregard for political norms was the beginning of Rome’s end
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Recently Unearthed Roman Latrine Was Full of Dirty Jokes
Mosaics uncovered in a Roman bathroom in modern-day Turkey reminds us that bathroom humor has ancient roots
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Curious Collection of Historic Oddities Reunited in Horace Walpole’s Neo-Gothic Castle
See more than 150 artifacts originally on view in the estate during the 1700s
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Beautifully Painted Shrine Emerges From the Ashes of Pompeii
The remnants of a garden, a pool and an altar with traces of burnt offerings were also found
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Rising Seas Pose Imminent Threat to Dozens of Historical Sites Across the Mediterranean
Venetian canals, Phoenician port city of Tyre and Croatia’s Old City of Dubrovnik are amongst the sites at risk of flooding, erosion
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This Ancient 10-Year-Old Received a ‘Vampire Burial’ to Prevent Return From the Dead
The malaria-stricken Roman child was buried in the ominously named Cemetery of the Babies with a stone inserted into its mouth
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Mount Vesuvius Boiled Its Victims’ Blood and Caused Their Skulls to Explode
A new study of residue on skeletons from the 79 A.D. eruption indicates Herculaneum was hit with a 400 to 900 degree pyroclastic flow
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Ancient Comics Line This Roman-Era Tomb in Jordan
Some of the nearly 260 figures depicted in the paintings are given speech captions reminiscent of modern comics
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