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

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

Mangled bones found at a one-time manufacturing facility pinpoint species used to make a quintessential condiment.

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana ...

At the Pollentia site, archaeologists also found the remains of pigs, sheep, goat, fish and shellfish – showing how varied ...

A study of animal remains from an ancient trash pit in Mallorca suggests thrushes were once a staple of Roman street food culture.

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

A new analysis of the bones in the eatery’s garbage pit challenges the elite status of thrush in the Roman diet ...

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

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

Long ago, the story goes, a king kidnapped two sons of a god, stuffed them in a basket and set them afloat on Italy’s Tiber ...