Ancient furniture was made from many different materials, including reeds, wood, stone, metals, straws, and ivory. It could also be decorated in many different ways. Sometimes furniture would be ...

Many Roman statues appear starkly white today. Yet in antiquity, these sculptures were adorned with bright paints and intricate patterns, bringing them vividly to life. Ancient Rome maintains a ...

There’s a reason Rome is nicknamed “the eternal city”—and not just for the endless remnants of bygone times to uncover across ...

The ancient Greek and Roman armies were large and fearsome for their time, yet their warfare tactics and leadership during battle were quite different. Military might was very important for ancient ...

Historians think it was used as a protective amulet Julia Binswanger The items include artistic urns, a bone comb and an ancient sarcophagus with a full skeleton inside Julia Binswanger The short ...

7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations ... of microorganisms within the hot waters of the Roman Baths, regularly listed among the UK's most popular ...

The Carevix, used for IUD insertions, results in less pain and bleeding in studies. But there's still work to be done when it ...

Gladiators depicted in a painting by Jean Léon Gérôme. Credit: Jean Léon Gérôme / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons The Roman gladiatorial games were a far cry from the Olympic and theatrical pursuits ...

It caused a tremendous loss of life, with mortality estimates ranging from 5% to 25% of the Roman population. Most scholars working on the Antonine Plague think it was smallpox, or an ancient ...

FAB Paris 2024 Opens at the Grand Palais. From Chanel to Courteille via Ancient Egypt, Paris & Tokyo, FAB Paris spotlights ...

A rare section of Roman road has been uncovered in south London ... But now we have the first evidence of the ancient highway directly below the modern Old Kent Road. Workers chanced across ...