The ancient Romans loved their birds. They rated owls as omens, valued geese as guards, kept chickens for divination, and raised peafowl for food. As for the thrush, a plumb avian of the passerine ...

Modern Rome is famous for grand monuments like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, yet many of the city’s most fascinating ancient remains lie hidden in plain sight among ordinary streets, churches, ...

A study of animal remains from an ancient trash pit in Mallorca suggests thrushes were once a staple of Roman street food culture. Reading time 3 minutes Ancient Romans in need of a quick bite often ...

A massive Roman burial site with 3,000 tombs, which was used for 500 years, has been uncovered beneath a city. It has revealed treasure like coins, jewels, and other artifacts while giving ...

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought. By Franz Lidz The apostle Paul traveled widely across the Roman Empire to spread the ...

During renovation of a street in Split, Croatia, archaeologists revealed an ancient Roman tunnel leading to cellars of Diocletian’s Palace. Photo from Vesna Bulić Baketić As workers dug up a street in ...

Rome rose from a humble city-state to dominate the Mediterranean world, conquering vast territories and uniting them under ...

A massive Roman burial site containing more than 3,000 ancient graves has been uncovered beneath a modern city. Archaeologists say that the site was used for more than 500 years, and it reveals new ...