The archaeologists unearthed two tubs that, among other things, were used to process the colorful pigments while the palace ...

Archaeologists working at the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero’s grand palace in ancient Rome, have uncovered a rare and remarkable artifact: a large ingot of Egyptian blue, the world’s first synthetic ...

but have also shed a lot of light on the funerary rituals of ancient Rome while making it possible to identify the liquid in the glass urn as the oldest wine in the world. More information ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs ... go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest burial underground ...

Ancient Rome was a man’s world ... At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family." He looked after the family's business ...