La Brújula Verde reported that the literary history of brown bears is now backed up with a bone. Specifically, the ...

Nestled along the northern shore of Lake Burtnieks in northern Latvia, Stone Age communities used the Zvejnieki burial site ...

Gladiatorial games were among the most dramatic spectacles of ancient Rome, but how were they actually organized and staged? In this video, we uncover the logistics behind the arenas—from recruiting ...

The artifacts and artworks on display paint a refreshingly broad picture of Roman life in the northern reaches of the Empire.

Lions and tigers and bears, oh yes! In the dust of an ancient Roman arena in Serbia, archaeologists have uncovered a ...

You can’t imagine yourself jeering at a public execution of old. So, why are you laughing with the online humiliations that ...

Now, a shattered skull from Serbia tells the chilling story of one such combatant: a brown bear who lived, suffered, and died ...

Marine archaeologists have uncovered a rare Roman-era helmet from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea that was lost during an ...

Warning: Full spoilers follow for Gladiator II as well as ancient Roman history circa 200 CE. Ridley Scott’s historical action film Gladiator II has arrived, and as with the 2000 original starring ...

Anyhoo, now that I'm back hard at work — you know, clicking around the internet looking for funny photos — I discovered a ...

Chariot races, gladiators, theater, baths, street food, games and festivals: how Romans relaxed, and where to see the remains in Rome today ...

Director Ridley Scott has been bombarded by fans begging him to stop working on Gladiator 3. The world-famous director, 87, ...