Travel tech company Histoury has launched Portyl, an app that enhances heritage tourism experience with immersive augmented reality (AR). Powered by the Unity game engine and Niantic Spatial ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

The sarcophagus was found among abandoned houses in a quarter of Aquincum that had been vacated in the 3rd century and later repurposed as a burial ground. Nearby discoveries included a Roman aqueduct ...

A software model from Google DeepMind put a more precise date on an important Latin text credited to a Roman emperor as a demonstration of its capabilities. By William J. Broad William J. Broad has ...

In a city filled to the brim with iconic buildings of both the ancient and not-so-ancient variety, the Colosseum of Rome stands apart from the rest. The ancient stadium, an arched, elliptical arena, ...

People write down lots of things—from epic poems and sacred texts to tax decrees and shopping lists. But these things are of little use to anyone if they can’t be read. In the past few decades, ...

Step back into the world of Ancient Rome, mapped out through Google Earth with unit placements that bring history to life.

The Roman Empire is one of the most famous empires in history, which at one point was basically the world's first superpower with how much of the world it encompassed. It has been a fascinating ...

From gladiators to vomitoriums, delve into Rome’s most persistent myths and find out what really happened. A conservationist restores a Roman bust. Many Roman statues appear starkly white today. Yet ...