We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...

Thanks to radiocarbon dating, archaeologists have finally been able to date an ancient boomerang first found 40 years ago. The boomerang was discovered in 1985 in the Obłazowa Cave within Poland’s ...

Vindolanda may not be a name you’re familiar with, but you’ll probably have heard of the place it's found: it’s a fort on ...

Archaeologists reported finding the first "exceptionally large shoe" on May 21 and have continued to discover more since then ...

Genetic studies point to female-centered living arrangements in Neolithic Çatalhöyük. Yet, power may not have rested solely ...

The ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides is considered by many to be the father of pharmacology for authoring De ...

DNA from a Roman salting site in Spain reveals sardines were the key fish used in garum, the famous sauce rooted in Greek and ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...