Scientists have unlocked the secrets of ancient Roman cuisine. They identified fish used in 'garum', a popular Roman fish ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

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

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

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient ...

A new exhibition in London (open until February 2026) called Thirst: In search of freshwater highlights how civilizations ...

A new exhibition in London (open until February 2026) called Thirst: In search of freshwater highlights how civilisations ...

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

Archaeological findings in a Mallorca cesspit recently showed that thrushes were common fast food in Ancient Rome, alongside ...

But for many ancient Romans and Greeks – particularly the medical writers and thinkers working across the Greco-Roman Mediterranean between the 5th century BCE and the 2nd century CE – these were all ...

Hygiene and Religion in Ancient Greece As the saying goes “Cleanliness is next to Godliness,” but the for the ancient Greeks there were more literal religious dimensions associated with hygiene.

An earthquake in Croatia led to the discovery of an ancient Roman theater in Sisak, according to officials. The theater's orchestra was found in the basement of the town hall during renovations.