The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...
Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...
Babies were weaned earlier in cities in the Roman Empire than in smaller and more rural communities, according to a study of ...
The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...
Archaeologists recently concluded their excavation of an area in Luxembourg that contained a hoard of 141 ancient Roman coins, now worth six figures in modern U.S. dollars.
The Roman Empire was a force unlike any other, shaping the ancient world through innovation, conquest, and culture. This ...
Using Arctic ice core samples, researchers estimate silver mining and smelting released enough lead during the Pax Romana to ...
Hot, warm and cold baths in a recently uncovered villa offer a new glimpse of life in the city before it was smothered by ...
A new study turned to Arctic ice core records between 500 BCE through 600 CE to find a link between lead pollution and ...
Regions of Germany that were under Roman rule approximately 2,000 years ago exhibit higher levels of psychological well-being ...
Evidence points to the possibility that the coffin belonged to an important person, perhaps the head of a prominent family.