While ancient Romans were capable of actively affecting the climate, we're far better at it than they were — and that should ...

Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.

Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic pigment.

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

A car park where ancient burial remains were found by archaeologists remains closed. In November, a burial site was found beneath the Cattle Market car park near Waitrose supermarket in Abingdon. The ...

A new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment revealed that lead pollution in the Aegean Sea dates ...

The stone was originally used to delineate agricultural borders between the villages under Roman Emperor Diocletian ... and socio-economic status of the ancient region. They’re particularly ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Greek sanctuary in Ponte during the construction of a high-speed railway in Italy.

Women in Ancient Greece and Rome worked in agriculture and not only in domestic chores. Photo of Attic cosmetics box depicting women producing wool. Credit: Caenciliusinhorto CC BY-SA 4.0 Most ...

And, he was still wearing a wedding ring. The ring was inscribed with his wedding date — Dec. 25, 1908 — and the body was ...

We humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years, so naturally, certain things have slipped through the cracks ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...