Nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Romans enjoyed a variety of snacks when attending events at the Colosseum. Recent ...

Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Discover how droughts contributed to the Barbarian Conspiracy invasion and affected Roman control in southern Britain.

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Italian grape and wine domestication took 7,000 years. Seeds show a shift from wild to cultivated types. Sardinia played a key role early.

A comprehensive analysis of thousands of homes from the last 10,000 years reveals the distribution of wealth in ancient times ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

Proof of an ancient ... quarry and the Roman age, when the area had a funerary use." "The quarry had to be gradually abandoned and as the stone extraction ended it was used for agricultural ...