Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau. He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ranging ...

Roman amphitheaters used for bullfights every summer. Roman aqueducts that still carry water. Roman baths filled with bathers. A surprising number of Roman buildings are still used for their original ...

The Basilica of Constantine I in Trier, Germany, was a Roman Palace built in the early 4th century A.D., and served as Constantine’s throne room. Today, it serves as a Protestant church, and is just ...

Sounds of soldiers grunting, thuds of training exercises and calls of generals filled the air. The noise drifted down the slope and mixed with the chatter of the civilian streets — a background ...

Archaeologists uncover an empty Roman tomb next to an ancient road, revealing a burial mystery hidden for centuries.

It was a long way away from the comforts of Rome, a lonely outpost in a cold, gray land. Standing in the watchtower, the Roman soldiers looked out across the hills, keeping an eye out for signs of ...

In a remarkable archaeological find, a giant and extremely rare 2,000-year-old Roman tomb has been unearthed in Bavaria, ...

An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all classes the chance to mingle, gossip and relax. They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious ...

Construction work and related archaeological endeavors in the German Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt has revealed the foundations of a Roman tumulus, or burial mound. Structures like these are ...