Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice ...

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

Using Arctic ice core samples, researchers estimate silver mining and smelting released enough lead during the Pax Romana to ...

In 9 AD, Arminius led a Germanic ambush, destroying 3 Roman legions in Teutoburg Forest. Warning: this episode contains ...

The claim originated from a speech Trump gave during a joint press conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in ...

Marxism has had a huge impact on the study of the past in two distinct, but interrelated ways. On the one hand, Marxist ...

These exiting new two-hour tours “How Jewish is Roman Jewish History” will be launched January 1, 2025. For more information ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

Tourists hurtle past in coaches or on foot and scarcely notice this fragment of the real ancient Rome. If you want to get an even better sense of the ancient city, hop on the Linea B metro to ...

medieval pottery and more Meilan Solly Dating to the fifth or sixth century B.C.E., the vessel could provide new insights into the relationship between the ancient Greeks and Carthaginians Sarah ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...