According to this analysis, ancient musicians preferred pure intonation. However, they had a keen sense of their combinatorial limitations on instruments ... is based on the 61 musical pieces that ...

A new analysis of surviving ancient compositions reveals how the Greeks and Romans tuned their instruments.

Researchers decode ancient Greek music by reconstructing its exact tuning and intonation. Credit: wikimedia commons / Basedakov CC B Y 4.0 More than two thousand years after ancient Greek and Roman ...

A recent archaeological excavation in Switzerland turned morbid when historians came across a trove of infant burials dating back to Ancient Rome. The excavation began last May in order to make ...

A team ventured into the 2,000-year-old structures under a town in Spain and found some unfamiliar-looking animals. Take a look.

L'assut de l'Argamassa roman dam ... is located near the ancient Latin colony of Ilici (Elche), and it has notable dimensions, with a length exceeding 130 meters and a height reaching 4 meters, giving ...

An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator. Artists have long depicted ...

A well-preserved Ancient Roman wooden water pipe was recently uncovered in an unexpected place: the marshlands of Belgium. The discovery was announced by the city of Leuven, a city east of ...

The mythical Romulus and Remus may get the credit, but Rome's archaeology reveals that local tribes established the ancient kingdom. A mosaic on the floor of Vittorio Emanuele Gallery is one of ...