Ancient Rome is often seen as synonymous with culinary excess. Images of exotic – even orgiastic – feasts perpetuate its reputation for strangeness and decadence. It may come as no surprise, therefore ...

This is evident by the fact that there is evidence that the sculptures had perfumes and other fragrances applied to them. Dr.

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The findings, published in the journal Antiquity, provide the first conclusive chemical evidence that tin from Cornwall and ...

During the operation, suspects identified as F.Ş. (47), M.Ş. (45), and Ş.Ş. (49) were apprehended at the scene by gendarmerie ...

In addition to ancient Roman pottery, jewelry, rare coins, and evidence of a road system, the 18-acre site in Newington, ...

When many people talk about the ancient Greek Cynics, these peculiar philosophers, they are thinking only of Diogenes of ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

On April 25, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget announced a plan that would slash NASA’s science program ...