Archaeologists working at the sprawling 200-acre site of Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli have discovered a breakfast room where the Roman emperor would dine with his wife, Vibia Sabina. Now a UNESCO World ...

Hadrian’s Wall is a symbol of LGBT history, English Heritage has said. The 1,900-year-old structure in northern England is known as one of the best-preserved relics of the Roman Empire. But perhaps ...

A 1,900-year-old building that would have served as an apartment within the estate of Roman Emperor Hadrian has been discovered in Tivoli, Italy. The building is full of lavish artwork, archaeologists ...

The monumental inscription, photographed in front of the Rockefeller Museum in Israel. (Yoli Shwartz, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority) A newly uncovered large slab of limestone with an ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A fragment of a stone engraved with an inscription dedicated to the Roman emperor Hadrian was discovered in Jerusalem. The existence of the 2,000-year-old stone fragment, discovered ...

Greek archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of ancient artifacts while exploring the lost city of Tenea, which legend suggests was built some 3,000 years ago by Trojan prisoners of war. More than ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that had ...

In the year 117, Hadrian succeeded his cousin Trajan as Roman Emperor. The Empire was at its height. Hadrian ordered his army to build a wall along the colony’s northern border. Work began on ...

A newly uncovered large slab of limestone with an official commemoration to the Roman Emperor Hadrian may help researchers understand the events that led to the Bar Kokhba revolt in the early second ...