We may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. During a recent family trip to Greece, we had the opportunity to tour ...

Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination ...

The ruins of Augusta Raurica near Basel, Switzerland are home to the best-preserved Roman theater north of the Alps.

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...

A site in Switzerland contained evidence of an administrative center that was part of a bigger plan to build a urban center ...

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...

The vessels and coin hoards found by the reasearcher date from much later, around the late 3 rd to early 4 th century C.E.

New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

Part station, part museum, two new subway stops in Rome offer riders the chance to see ancient artifacts unearthed in digging ...

Back in 2023, we reported on MIT scientists’ conclusion that the ancient Romans employed “hot mixing” with quicklime, among other strategies, to make their famous concrete, giving the material ...

Ancient Romans built arched bridges, waterproof port infrastructure and aqueducts that enabled the rise of their empire and that are still standing—and often still used. They did so with a type of ...