Squat rhinos lived in North America about 12 million years ago, congregating in huge, water-bound herds much like modern hippos.

There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

The history of Insurance goes back to ancient Greece as people employed insurance-like practices, predominantly within ...

If you want a name that carries with it the weight of history, why not consider one from Ancient Rome? These Ancient Roman names have been carried by all manner of gods and goddesses, emperors ...

HarperCollins, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-00-870042-3 More than any other ancient civilization, the Roman Empire continues to inform modern understandings of government, according to this ardent ...

Roman Empire city builder Citadelum just got a lot bigger with a substantive overhaul from developer Abylight. The historical strategy game has launched its 2.0 ‘Julius’ update, a big, free ...

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours) and you can visit all three in one day. It doesn't include a visit to the ...

Unlike tales of sunken treasure laden with gold and gems, this modest 14-meter Greek merchant vessel carried a more humble cargo: nearly 400 amphorae filled ...

Renovations on a soccer field outside of Vienna, Austria, uncovered a Roman-era mass grave that held the remains of roughly 150 males. Experts believe the site was likely a battlefield where a ...

His greatest invention is the one that rescued Syracuse, the ancient Greek colony in Sicily, from the Roman siege. His greatest invention was a “death ray”—the first the world had ever seen—that he ...