Crews starting work on a gas line in Bulgaria uncovered a late Roman-era settlement. The timing of abandonment implies that the settlement’s residents were driven out by a barbarian raid—possibly part ...

Aerial view of Abel Bet Maacah looking south-east (courtesy of the Tel Abel Beth Maacah excavations. Photo: Robert Mullins). Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Tetrarchic boundary stone at the site ...

Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate change. But historians say that the real story is likely much more complicated.

LONDON — A remarkable archaeological endeavor in the heart of the British capital has brought to light one of the most extensive collections of painted Roman wall plaster ever unearthed in the city.