A group of archaeologists describes details of the 5,000-year-old burial of 20 women adorned with perforated beads ...

Learn what this Roman emperor's secret garden meant to Roman society and why the discovery speaks to ancient Roman life.

State worship was much more formal: colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman worship was to gain the blessing of the gods and thereby gain ...

Unlike society in ancient Egypt, Rome did not regard women as equal ... Other wealthy women chose to become priestesses, of which the most important were the Vestal Virgins. However wealthy ...