In the 4th century BC, the Greek engineer Aeneas of Stymphalus devised a groundbreaking communication system known as the hydraulic telegraph. This ancient invention utilized synchronized water clocks ...

A new interactive map reveals the Roman road network, linking Ancient Greece with the empire and shaping trade, travel, and ...

As Pope Leo XIV marks his six-month milestone Nov. 8, a gradual sketch of his style and vision of church is beginning to ...

Mantua's court hosts Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo, the earliest opera still performed today. Boasting a large orchestra it is one of the earliest to specify instrumentation, including three organs, ...

Researchers created Itiner-e, a "Google Maps for Roman Roads," charting the network that linked the expansive ancient empire.

Researchers created an interactive map which lets users see how the ancient network crisscrossed the Empire, from Africa and ...

By 150 CE, the Empire was carved up and maintained by a network of stone/gravel/sand highways stretching 180,000 miles.

Advances in technology and other newly accessible sources have greatly expanded researchers’ ability to locate ancient roadways.

The Appian Way, or Via Appia Antica, was the first great Roman highway, built in 312 BC to move legions quickly across Italy—and today it offers travelers a journey through 2,000 years of history.

The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of previously unknown routes.

According to legend, the Trojans migrated to Britain after the fall of Troy. A new book investigates the historicity of this legend.