Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in A.D. 70, has revealed a new treasure – a private bathhouse built ...

Regions of Germany that were under Roman rule approximately 2,000 years ago exhibit higher levels of psychological well-being ...

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

Edward “Ted” James Champlin, the Cotsen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, and professor of classics, emeritus, died of ...

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough ...

Tracing temple-studded coastlines and rivers that gave birth to epoch-shaping civilizations, these sailings reveal how the ...

Archaeologists searching for a rumored Roman estate in Neckargartach unearthed an ancient Roman highway and roadside town with a temple. Photo from Matthias Göden, LAD/ArchaeoConnect GmbH A ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, ...

Through research into ancient Roman public oratory, Professor van der Blom will seek to better understand the foundation of modern political speech.

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

On the other hand, Marxism has been one of the key influences behind the emergence of history from below. Marxist historians ...