Ravi, the gladiator doctor in Gladiator II, is loosely based on real-life physicians of Ancient Rome and inspired by the ...

Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, is getting a brand new subway system that will showcase archaeological ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of years ago.

DR. SINGER here gives a succinct account of the general evolution of Greek biological and medical knowledge. The biological portion of the book is arranged in three sections, “Before Aristotle ...

Archaeological Park of Pompeii Ancient DNA sequenced from bone fragments preserved within the plaster casts at the Pompeii site has upended some long-held assumptions about bodies found together.

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it wiped ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it wiped multiple Roman towns off the map — but it also froze them in time. Ash raining down from the volcano blanketed Pompeii and surrounding cities, preserving ...

(CNN) — When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it wiped multiple Roman towns off the map — but it also froze them in time. Ash raining down from the volcano blanketed Pompeii and surrounding ...

Ancient DNA sequenced from bone fragments preserved within the plaster casts at the Pompeii site has upended some long-held assumptions about bodies found together. A gold bracelet-wearing adult ...

“We expect a woman to be comforting and maternal, so much so that we assume a comforting figure ... of the ancient world’s ...

“We expect a woman to be comforting and maternal, so much so that we assume a comforting figure ... of the ancient world’s ...