Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

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Built between 180 CE and 193 CE, and still standing in the center of Rome, the 100-foot Column of Marcus Aurelius depicts military campaigns fought by the Roman emperor in detailed carvings. CNN’s Ben ...

Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall weren’t just defending the frontier—they were also battling parasites that made daily life ...

DNA analysis reveals the unique genetic story of the Piceni people, a mysterious civilization that thrived in Italy before ...

Lost cities, missing tombs, and unexplained occurrences. History still holds unanswered questions for these seven events.

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this: not only has it rained fish, it's rained many different other animals, in ...

This Roman senator wrote some of the greatest letters in history. Here’s how Pliny the Younger’s words have kept ancient Rome ...

Archaeological excavations across Türkiye in 2025 yielded some of the most remarkable discoveries of recent years, spanning humanity’s earliest symbolic expressions to major finds from the Classical, ...