Bodies, potentially decaying, were a more common sight in ancient Rome than now. Suetonius, writing in the first century CE, ...

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

To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

Excavations carried out prior to the construction of a new community and senior center in Haltern am See have brought to ...

Archaeologists discovered a Roman soldier’s wrist purse in South Moravia, believed to be the oldest ever found in the Czech ...

The museum added, “To reinforce the historical context, the exhibition is complemented by a selection of this type of coin, ...

From soldier wages to political fortunes, Roman earnings reveal how war, wealth, and ambition shaped power in the ancient ...

“It was like assembling the world’s most difficult jigsaw puzzle,” said Han Li, the lead specialist at the Museum of London ...

The towering Greek philosopher and poet Homer described olive oil as “liquid gold” and the Greek tragedian extraordinaire Sophocles called olives “our sweet silvered wet nurse”. Olive oil is the oil ...

Though pennies often collect in the bottoms of purses, wallets and cupholders for most people, President Donald Trump's ...

Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into ...