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 ...

A symposium scene on an ancient Kylix, or drinking cup. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain Kline (Greek Ανάκλινδρο) was a type of furniture used by the ancient Greeks in their symposia and by ...

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Maremagnum/Corbis Documentary/Getty Images From these ... (8 things people get wrong about ancient Rome.) A reconstruction of the consulting room of the Surgeon’s House at the Museum of Rimini ...

(CNN) — The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area. The “mikveh ...

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Athletes running in the 2025 edition of the Rome Marathon, which takes place this Sunday, will have free entry to the capital's municipal museums from 14 until 19 March. The offer includes city-run ...

A relatively new entry on the city's free museum list is the Forma Urbis Museum, in the archaeological park on the Caelian hill, which houses the remaining fragments of the Forma Urbis Romae, the ...

A professor emerita at the University of Cambridge, Beard has also written Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town; SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome; Women & Power; and Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from ...