From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.

Ancient Rome didn’t just dominate the ancient world — it pioneered extreme urban living. At its peak, between 800,000 and 1.2 ...

Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for ...

When travel dreams take people to Europe, Italy is often their first stop. There’s something seductively charming about this ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

Were pigs and screaming women real weapons of ancient war? We explore the bizarre historical truths behind the video game ...

The ornate building that had stood in the centre of town, where the famous author Jane Austen is supposed to have worshipped, ...

Ancient Roman ideas of privacy differed radically from our own, and their communal toilets reveal a mindset almost impossible ...

Back in 2023, we reported on MIT scientists’ conclusion that Romans employed “hot mixing” with quicklime, among other ...