The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

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Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in A.D. 70, has revealed a new treasure – a private bathhouse built ...

Explore the ancient art of Roman-style pottery making in this captivating showcase. Witness the skilled hands that mold earth ...

Edward “Ted” James Champlin, the Cotsen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, and professor of classics, emeritus, died of ...

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 ...

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough ...

Regions of Germany that were under Roman rule approximately 2,000 years ago exhibit higher levels of psychological well-being ...

Tracing temple-studded coastlines and rivers that gave birth to epoch-shaping civilizations, these sailings reveal how the ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...