The dome of the Pantheon in Rome is one of the most famous examples of ancient Roman engineering.

Rome in its heyday would have been a sight to behold. Home to a million people, the city was one of the great cultural ...

For centuries, engineers and historians have puzzled over one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world. Why have Roman buildings survived earthquakes, storms and nearly two millennia of wear ...

An early mention of a prosthetic comes from Herodotus, who tells the story of Hegesistratus, an ancient Greek diviner who cut ...

Italian officials recently unveiled the remains of an ancient Roman villa found beneath a high school gym — thanks to students who brought attention to the long-rumored site. The domus, an upscale ...

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable until recently.

The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project that was begun by students in the course Ancient Inventions, first taught by Marjorie Senechal, which was offered at Smith from 1997 through 2004.

The Odyssey was far more than entertainment to ancient Greeks. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a cult that revered the Homeric hero on his legendary home island of Ithaca.

The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics, knowledge and human nature—are accessible for the first time since 79 C.E ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. The discovery of a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman sailor’s tombstone wasn’t much of an excavation. It started as a backyard cleanup at a New Orleans home ...