Many of today’s visitors who flock to Bath in the west of England do so because of Jane Austen. The great novelist (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, etc.) lived in Bath (although she never ...

A suave bronze head of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, dominates the start of this new exhibition at the British Museum. Take a moment to savour its glaring inlaid eyes, if imperial-grade art is your ...

Metal detectorists and archaeologists unearthed over 400 of ancient British, Roman and African coins linked to a military conquest, photos show. Photo from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman knife with a handle carved into the figure of a gladiator has been found by archaeologists in England, Live Science reported. The dagger has a handle cast from carved copper ...

“Beauty is pain” was a maxim the Ancient Romans lived by. During near daily trips to communal bathhouses, Romans paid to have their skin scraped, ears scooped out, and body hair plucked. The ...