See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have found a collection of ancient letters written on ...

There were many ways in which the elites of ancient Roman society flaunted their wealth. They built vast villas, sponsored extravagant games and imported luxury goods. And military top brass, at least ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic unearthed in Turkey depicts a family's beloved pets: a cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean.

An ancient pet cemetery in Egypt is becoming a gold mine for rare Roman history. Alongside its carefully constructed graves of more than 200 beloved cats, dogs and monkeys, archaeologists have now ...

An ancient Roman mosaic shows a woman fighting a wild beast in the arena — a rare depiction of a female combatant and the first known visual representation of a woman battling animals, according to a ...

It isn't as far-fetched as it sounds. Built in the first century A.D., the Colosseum was host to the major spectacles of ancient Rome—from gladiatorial games to fights among exotic beasts. There’s a ...

Learn about the cult district of Nida, an ancient cult site uncovered under Frankfurt that archaeologists are calling one of the most significant Roman discoveries in Europe. Beneath a modern ...