Black market smugglers vanished with a priceless piece of history—completely unaware of the promise left behind to punish ...

The team located a fresh find of artifacts that illuminates Roman cultural views on the afterlife.

A massive Roman necropolis containing 3,000 ancient tombs has been discovered beneath Croatia's oldest city, Zadar.

Archaeologists in Romania uncovered 34 Roman‑era graves and rare artifacts during a preventative dig ahead of building a new ...

Over the centuries, buildings were constructed in and around the graves and monuments and then were transformed into homes.

An internal view of the Necropolis of Via Triumphalis south of Vatican City (photo by Carole Raddato via Wikimedia Commons) For the first time, the Vatican Museums network in Italy will grant direct ...

Italian archaeologists recently uncovered a "monumental necropolis" that appeared to honor an elite class of people thousands of years ago, provincial officials announced this month. The ancient ...