Since the 1960s, some Arab countries, notably Saudi Arabia, have argued for the use of the term "Arabian Gulf".

From Palaeolithic cave paintings to cruciform churches and Sydney’s Kings Cross, this deceptively primitive intersection of two lines has enduring symbolic power.

In reclaiming the word mysteries for the cult of Mithras, Adams not only rehabilitates a neglected religious tradition—he reorients our understanding of ancient spirituality. His book reminds us that ...

Its invention is often credited to Claudius Ptolemy, a famous Greek astronomer who lived in the Roman Empire during ... automatic doors, cartography, odometer, stadium, and arch bridge.

An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...

Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator. Artists have long depicted ...

Lulu Roman, a gospel singer and longtime star of country music variety show "Hee Haw," has died, a close friend confirmed to USA TODAY on April 24. She was 78. Roman died April 23, in Bellingham ...

Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so well-documented, it’s rare for archaeologists find physical evidence of ...

Those feline bite marks, preserved on a skeleton interred in northeast England, provide the first physical evidence of a Roman-era battle between a gladiator and a nonhuman animal anywhere in ...

"Hee Haw" comedian and gospel singer Lulu Roman, seen at a 2016 luncheon in Nashville, has died at age 78. (Rick Diamond / Getty Images) Lulu Roman, the "Hee Haw" comedian turned gospel singer ...