On the grounds of Emperor Nero’s grand palace, where legendary parties once shocked and amazed, archaeologists have uncovered ...

Hidden Vault Unearthed Beneath the Ruins of Roman Emperor Nero’s Palace, Featured an Array of Murals Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery beneath the ruins of Emperor Nero’s sprawling palace, ...

The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...

A hoard of 1,368 coins, most of them silver, has been discovered in a pot by a metal detectorist in Worcestershire, a county in England.

Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...

She has profound parallels in the ancient history of the Jewish people.

Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.

a palace built in Rome about 2,000 years ago under the rule of Emperor Nero. Little of the palace has survived. Excavations at the 2,000-year-old workshop ruins also unearthed pottery with yellow ...

Archaeologists excavating the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero’s vast imperial residence in ancient Rome, have discovered containers still carrying the splendid pigments artisans used to decorate the ...

A great fire ravaged Rome in A.D. 64 and, according to an apocryphal story, Nero played a fiddle during it. In A.D. 68, the Praetorian guard, the forces in charge of protecting the emperor ...