Roman public latrines were far more elaborate than many people imagine, with communal seating, flowing water, and sometimes ...

Did ancient Romans really build special rooms where banquet guests went to vomit between courses?

Silphium was an extinct Libyan plant renowned for contraception, medicine, and trade. Its disappearance remains a historical ...

ROME, Dec 5 (Reuters) - While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food than ordinary people, Italy's culture ministry said ...

The walls of a corridor that once linked two theatres in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii hold hundreds of inscriptions made by residents before Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago. An ...

Almost 2,000 years ago, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was buried by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Just over a ...

A bronze, temple-shaped box dating back over 1,700 years was discovered in central Romania, officials with the Turda History Museum announced in late September. Archaeologists unearthed the box over ...

Stately portraits, raucous frescoes, delicate jewelry, and intricate mosaics—all these treasures and more fill the galleries of Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan. The new special ...

Archaeologists in Romania have unearthed an elite Roman family’s ancient treasure, buried for centuries beneath the remains of a millennia-old city. The discovery, announced by the National History ...

Citizens of Ancient Rome often viewed Greek physicians with a volatile mix of profound suspicion and life-saving necessity.