Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

Lead pollution in and around the Aegean Sea dates back to the Bronze Age and shows a strong spike associated with Roman ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs ...

Airborne particles from minting coins damaged health, a new study says, and might have contributed to the Roman Empire’s downfall.

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...

I just finished talking with a close friend of mine who is a member of the Prometheus Society. That’s one level up from Mensa, only the top 1/10th of one ...

The Malabathrinum papyrus (P.Vindob. G 35250, Herakleopolis/Middle Egypt, 5th century CE) contains a recipe for an eye ...

But a 2024 study published in the journal Science Advances showed that the Xiongnu were genetically diverse. In the new study ...

All Roads Lead to Rome Though Romans famously channeled water ... enough to cause chronic lead poisoning, a.k.a. plumbism. Ancient Greeks made their coins by extracting silver from lead-rich ...

Paintings, wallpapered rooms, cabinets of curiosities, handmade books — immersive Owens has it all over immersive van Gogh in ...