A solar plant project that began in 2021 in Almendralejo, Spain, took an unexpected turn when workers discovered settlements ...

Archaeologists excavating a 4,900-year-old fortress in Almendralejo, southwestern Spain, have uncovered the burial of a man who may have been a Roman soldier. The solitary, shallow grave was ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...

Sifting through the dark brown soil of southwestern Scotland, archaeologists unearthed a “rare” and “visually striking” Roman ...

Perched atop a Spanish hillside, this site had held a double surprise for archaeologists for centuries. In 2021, ahead of a planned solar panel installation, a preventive excavation near the town ...

What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is from: Dura-Europos, Syria When it was made: Second century A.D. Related: Babylonian tablet preserves student's ...

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

A rare and haunting discovery inside the skull of a Roman man who perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius has revealed his brain was transformed into glass—fossilised by an intense surge of ...

Perseus of Macedon was the last Greek king of ancient Greece before it came under Roman rule following defeat in the Battle ...

Roman soldier found buried face down with a dagger on his back in newly revealed fortress in Spain. (photo credit: Tera S.L) Archaeologists excavating a 4,900-year-old fortress in Almendralejo ...