JULIA: There was a big difference between how girls and boys were expected to behave in ancient Rome and the kinds of jobs they had to do as they were growing up. Let’s follow Felix and his ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

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 ...

During construction work in the city of Varna, workers found a well-preserved marble statue dating back to the Roman era ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world ... could work in the same jobs as plebeians – as craftsmen, midwives or traders. Some even became wealthy. However, Rome’s rigid society ...

R emember way back in the day (early February) where the strange people of Twitter decided to start talking about Roman towel boys? Well, the trend is back, and honestly it never ...

But there is evidence that nanotechnology could have existed as far back as the 4th century in ancient Rome. That evidence lies in this, the Lycurgus cup. It’s an example of dichroic glass ...

Edward Watts is a historian at the University of California San Diego and the author of two books on ancient ... t Roman. They were chosen because they were the best people for the job.

The first part of the title, Chancellor, was borrowed directly from Latin. In ancient Rome, the clerk whose job it was to ...

View our world through the eyes of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, inventors of theater, democracy, Civil law, and straight roads! UD’s Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program allows students to ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...

A fresco featuring the bright blue paint of the newly opened room; a scanning electron image of an ancient Roman concrete sample with lime clast, highlighted in red; Dr. Masic inspecting the ...