A fasces is a bundle of wooden rods tied together with an ax head attached. It's an ancient symbol from the Etruscan culture that was adopted by the Roman Republic thousands of years ago.

The 1932-D and 1932-S are considered the rarest and often the most valuable Washington quarters because of their low mintages. The 1932-S was the smallest mintage in the Washington Quarter’s ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient ...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...

London researchers recently reconstructed large Roman plaster collection, revealing vibrant frescoes hidden for 1,800 years ...

Researchers think the camp was built during the second century C.E. Stretching across 22 acres, it was identified using a ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a fish sauce, often known as garum, eaten throughout the Roman Empire ...

A pedestrian's discovery of stones helped archaeologists uncover an Ancient Roman building near a Swiss highway. The site was previously excavated in the 1860's, but forgotten.