From dealing with nits to learning the three Rs, ancient Roman childhood bore some striking similarities to the modern ...

Delve into the intriguing history of Spain's theoretical claim to the Byzantine Empire's legacy, tracing back to Andreas ...

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Key Takeaways Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator schools called ludus. Their diet was predominantly vegetarian, featuring ...

The solution: helping the dough rise using fermented spinach juice. Ancient grains such as einkorn and spelt, widely cultivated in Roman times, formed the base, and the dough ended up slightly more ...

Two hefty Roman lead ingots (nicknamed “lead pigs”) have been declared treasure after being unearthed on grazing land in Ceredigion, west Wales. Dated to around AD 87 from their lettering, the pair ...

It was a day for youngsters to learn about heroes, villains, eco-warriors and beetles as a popular author came to a ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a scientist ...

Despite historical records saying otherwise, Roman babies were mourned at death, research into unique plaster burials from ...

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A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.

Researchers recently unveiled proof that Romans used a surprising ingredient in their medical treatments — and it's far from sanitary. The research focuses on a vessel that was unearthed in Pergamon, ...