Ancient Greek historians disagreed on the origin of the Etruscans, who deeply influenced the Ancient Romans and traded with ...

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Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

Did the mysterious Sea Peoples cause the Bronze Age Collapse, or were they merely a symptom of this catastrophic event?

The Huns were nomadic warriors, likely from Asia, who are best known for invading and terrorizing Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and hastening the downfall of the Western Roman Empire.

Shakespeare showed us the fatal convergence of pride, misperception and political paralysis. In “ Coriolanus ,” the warrior ...

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Civita di Bagnoregio, in the Alta Tuscia region of central Italy, is slowly disappearing as the tuff hill it was built on ...

Sarcophagus of the Spouses, one of the most celebrated artifacts of Etruscan art will undergo a restoration in full view of the public.

The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past 1,400 years.

Etruscan-Roman bilingual inscription plaque found in the sanctuary of San Casciano dei Bagni. Credit: Ministero della Cultura Later, during the reigns of emperors Tiberius and Claudius, the site was ...