An Israeli scientist says a Roman temple unearthed in the center of an ancient Jewish city in northern Israel shows pagans and Jews lived and worshipped together.

“Basic Instinct” director Paul Verhoeven has written a book that contradicts biblical teaching by suggesting that Jesus might have been fathered by a Roman soldier who raped Mary.An Amsterdam publishing house said Wednesday it will publish the Dutch...

Twenty people accused in the plunder and sale of thousands of archaeological items have been arrested and their suspected booty _ including Roman and Stone Age pieces _ seized, police said Friday.The suspects and used metal detectors at archaeological...

Remnants of the first known surviving Roman throne have been discovered in the lava and ash that buried the city of Herculaneum in the first century, archaeologists said Tuesday.Decorated with ivory bas-reliefs depicting ancient deities, two legs and...

Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copenhagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday.”It is something special and rare in Denmark to have so many (ancient Roman) graves in one place,”...

Archaeologists excavating a site in northeastern Portugal discovered 4,500 ancient Roman coins tucked away inside a wall.The bundle of 4,526 copper and bronze coins was hidden inside the wall of a 4th-century blacksmith’s home, said Antonio Sa Coixao,...