Investigators believe the theft of ancient Roman-era statues from Syria's national museum was likely the work of an individual and not an organized gang.

Officials say thieves have broken into Syria's national museum in Damascus and stolen several ancient statues from the Roman era.

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known.

A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered an unusual marble tablet with some characters in Latin.

The Red Sox signed rookie phenom Roman Anthony to an eight-year, $130 million contract through 2033, spending some of the cash they saved by trading Rafael Devers away on a player they hope will be the centerpiece of the next generation of Boston stars.

An mosaic panel on travertine slabs depicting an erotic theme from the Roman era has been returned to the archaeological park of Pompeii after being stolen by a Nazi German captain during World War II.

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome.

An AMBER Alert was issued for a missing 15-year-old girl and a baby who were last seen in Pflugerville, Texas.

Construction crews in Vienna last year made an unprecedented discovery.

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago.

Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery in southern Britain shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage.

Italy’s ancient Roman Appian Way has been admitted to the UNESCO World Heritage List, becoming the country’s 60th entry on the list.

The daughter of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero has helped to turn the streets and piazzas of the Italian capital into an open-air museum to display eight of her father’s famously voluminous and whimsical sculptures.

The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius.

Scientists are trying to understand how some ancient buildings have lasted for centuries in hopes of making modern buildings more durable.

The Ryder Cup’s food scene is decidedly local at the Marco Simone club outside Rome.

Tourists in Rome can now enjoy a “new” ancient attraction.

Israeli archaeologists have discovered four Roman-era swords with their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave near the Dead Sea.

A headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius has been ordered seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art.

A statue that depicts a felled Native American pulling an arrow from his torso is being returned to the Boston-area organization cofounded by Paul Revere that thought it had been destroyed decades ago.

Rome’s next luxury hotel has some very good bones.

A California man has been found guilty of illegally importing an ancient mosaic from Syria.

A Roman mausoleum has been unearthed in London and researchers are calling the discovery the “first of its kind.”

Vatican Museum restorers are working to remove centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ancient world: the gilded Hercules Mastai Righetti.

A man accused in a deadly shooting at a Northwest Side motel in 2021 is now having his day in court.

Italy has returned to Turkish authorities a funerary stele dating from ancient Roman times because investigation determined that the artifact was illegally excavated from southeastern Turkey.

If there is one thing HBO knows how to do, it’s create TV that we won’t be able to stop talking about. They did just that with Sunday night’s episode of “Succession.”

Authorities say archaeologists have unearthed a Sphinx-like Roman-era statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt.

The anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is particularly poignant for women who gave birth and men who became fathers a year ago, on Feb. 24, 2022, as bombs began to fall.

It’s a detail often unnoticed by many who see the iconic mural “The Spirit of Healing” gracing the front of the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio —one of the angel’s wings is shorter than the other.

The newly restored remains of an opulent ancient house in Pompeii offer visitors an exceptional peek at details of domestic life in the doomed Roman city.

Hamas authorities in Gaza have announced the discovery of over 60 tombs in an ancient burial site dating back to the Roman era.

Comedian Freddie Roman, the former dean of The Friars Club and a staple of the Catskills comedy scene, has died.

Italy’s worst drought in 70 years has exposed the piers of an ancient bridge over the Tiber River once used by Roman emperors but which fell into disrepair by the third century.

Italian environmental activists have staged a second museum protest in as many months.

One the most spectacular examples of ancient Roman baths, the Baths of Caracalla, has become more spectacular.

Divers visiting the ancient seaport of Caesarea on Israel’s Mediterranean coast occasionally find treasure, but for World Oceans Day they searched for trash.

A 23-year-old suspect was apprehended months after a shooting at a South Side park that left two teenagers hospitalized and one of them paralyzed

A Texas woman bought a first-century marble bust for $34.99 at a Goodwill in Austin — no, seriously.

Earlier this year, the Bexar County courts were approved to have two additional judges help with the backlog in domestic violence cases. That backlog has been cut by about 60% in less than two months.

A second front line in Russia's war runs through the farmland of western Ukraine far from the fighting.

Cuban courts have wrapped up the hearing phase of six mass trials for people accused of involvement in the largest and most unruly protests on the island in decades.

The Israel Antiquities Authority says it's discovered remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds of silver and bronze coins and Roman and medieval artifacts.

The Ingram Police Department is looking for a missing 54-year-old man who they say poses a credible threat to his own health and safety.

Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people as the holidays draw near.

A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester in central England certainly appear to have the golden touch.

A Chicago police officer who shot an unarmed man in the back as he ran up a subway escalator has been charged with felony counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct.

An Arizona man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while wearing a Roman gladiator costume and narrated the melee in videos for his mother has been arrested.

Russian authorities have raided the apartments of several investigative journalists and their family members.

Italian police say they have recovered a 1st century Roman statue that was stolen from an archaeological site in 2011 and found in a Belgian antiques shop by two off-duty Italian art squad police officers.

Kits for self-administered coronavirus tests have begun arriving in Greek pharmacies, with residents entitled to one kit free of charge per week as part of efforts to tackle a surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.

During a 68-day stay in the hospital, San Antonio family man Victor Roman almost lost his life to COVID-19. Now, nearly 10 months later, he's still in rehab dealing with stroke-like symptoms and has a message for his community.

A third suspect has now been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting on St. Patrick’s Day at a Northwest Side motel, according to San Antonio police.

SAN ANTONIO – Two people have been charged with murder in connection with a shooting at a Northwest Side motel that happened on St. Patrick’s Day. San Antonio police arrested Douglas Skaggs, 55, and Hayley Gibbens, 23, on Tuesday morning. An arrest warrant affidavit said that police obtained surveillance video from the motel showing both suspects. After they posted images on social media, police said they received a tip identifying Skaggs as the man in the video. It says he also told police that Gibbens helped him by luring Roman to the motel so that he could confront him.

The San Antonio Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify three suspects in the murder of Tito Roman on March 17. SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify three suspects in the murder of Tito Roman on March 17. Roman was found with a gunshot wound after 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, at the Home Suites motel in the 4900 block of Northwest Loop 410, police said. Police said Roman was at the location with a woman before being shot by two men. More on KSAT:Man shot, killed during argument at NW Side motel, police sayMotorcyclist killed in crash on Northeast Side, SA police say

(AP Photo/Andreas Schaad)KONIGSSEE – Russia’s Roman Repilov won his second consecutive men’s luge world championship Saturday, overtaking World Cup champion Felix Loch in the second heat to successfully defend the title. But after hoisting his gold medal, Repilov removed his hat in preparation for the winner’s flag to be displayed and anthem to blare. Russian athletes can participate in the luge world championships, but only as neutral competitors and not officially representing their country because of the sanctions levied against that nation for a doping scandal. Russian athletes who medal at the Tokyo Olympics this summer or the Beijing Games in February 2022 will experience similar scenes; no Russian flag, no Russian anthem. Margit Schumann of East Germany won four consecutive women’s world luge titles from 1973 through 1977.

An undated photo made available by the Pompeii Archeological park press office shows the thermopolium in the Pompeii archeological park, near Naples, Italy. A fast-food eatery discovered at Pompeii is now completely excavated, helping to reveal some favorite dishes of citizens of the ancient Roman city who liked to eat out. (Luigi Spina/Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)ROME – A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city who were partial to eating out. Successful restaurateurs know that a good location can be crucial, and the operator of this ancient fast-food seemed to have found a good spot. Those bones were apparently disturbed in the 17th century during clandestine excavations by thieves looking for valuables, Pompeii authorities said.

Pompeii officials said the men apparently escaped the initial fall of ash from Mount Vesuvius then succumbed to a powerful volcanic blast that took place the next morning. The later blast “apparently invaded the area from many points, surrounding and burying the victims in ash,” Pompeii officials said in a statement. That finding led archaeologists to hypothesize that he was a young man who did manual labor, like that of a slave. He was estimated to have been 30- to 40-years-old, Pompeii officials said. While excavations continue at the site near Naples, tourists are currently barred from the archaeological park under national anti-COVID-19 measures.

In this undated photo made available Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, ancient Greek and Roman marble statues are seen prior to going on display in the newly refurbished Villa Caffarelli, one of the Capitoline Museums exhibition spaces overlooking the ancient Roman Forum, in Rome. One of the most important private collections of ancient Greek and Roman marble sculptures is going on display Monday as part of the Eternal Citys 150th anniversary celebrations. (Fondazione Torlonia via AP)