According to legend, long before the Romans founded Rome, there was a Greek city called Pallantium in the same area.

Archaeologists recently concluded their excavation of an area in Luxembourg that contained a hoard of 141 ancient Roman coins ...

Sifting through the ruins of an ancient city along the coast of northern Africa, archaeologists uncovered a unique home. Fragments of its “advanced” features survived, despite earthquake damage.

Nabis, the last king of Sparta, is often described as both a king and a tyrant, depending on the perspective and sources.

Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old private spa complex thought to be the most elaborate ever found in the ancient Roman ...

Pierre-Yves Lambert, a French linguist and Celtic studies scholar at the National Centre for Scientific Research, suggested ...

Elon Musk’s hand gesture at Trump’s inauguration has been likened to the Nazi salute, also known as the Heil Hitler salute.

On the coast of the Cyrenaica region in present-day Libya lies the ancient city of Ptolemais, founded by the Egyptian ...

The salute became popularized in the 18th and 19th centuries in artworks and theatre performances, showing Romans saluting as a way of greeting each other ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

As incredible new discoveries are found at the archaeological site, Professor of classics Michael Scott and presenter of ...