As the name implies, each episode of roughly an hour covers a historical topic in brief, everything from the history and uses of English castles to the Industrial Revolution. The first one I listened ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire ...

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unveiled ...

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

The discovery, made near the village of Holzthum in northern Luxembourg, includes 141 gold solidi, coins minted under the ...

In Gallia Belgica, an impressive hoard has been discovered shedding light on the cultural changes of the late Roman Empire.

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveil a ...

Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

“This discovery is a testament to the meticulous administrative re-organization of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy,” Leibner said. “Finding a boundary stone like this not only sheds ...