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“we are unknowingly paying tribute to Ancient Rome … a society crossed by great moral tensions, in which the ideal of universal government and lasting peace had taken root and is now destined ...

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 ...

After ten years, Ancient Rome sitcom Plebs is coming to an end with a feature-length finale. The study of the sewers under Rome's landmark found traces of olives, nuts and other foods. The ...

Archaeologists in Corinth have uncovered a remarkable funerary structure from the Hellenistic period. This discovery was a significant one during the “Ancient Tenea” research program, which was ...

The ancient road that ran through northern Greece and connected Rome to Byzantium. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Roman civilization is well known for its stunning mosaics ...

(8 things people get wrong about ancient Rome.) A reconstruction of the consulting room of the Surgeon’s House at the Museum of Rimini shows furniture that typically adorned such a house in the ...

The evacuation was led by the Vesthimmerlands Museum in Aars, discovering the "timber-like" structure consisting ... according to English Heritage, the government’s tourism group.

By 509 B.C.E., Rome had become a republic with a political structure designed ... basis for modern systems of government, including the United States. The Roman Republic was notably different from the ...

Located in Ostia Antica, the mikvah dates to the late fourth or early fifth century C.E. Researchers say it's the earliest discovery of its kind outside the Middle East Eli Wizevich The marbles in ...