We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...

A recent excavation reveals that a large building excavated in 1966 was just a part of an even grander ancient complex.

If an ancient Roman was somehow dropped into Washington in the year 2022, there’s a lot that would confuse him: the cars, the helicopters, the cellphones. But there’s something he’d ...

Archaeologists in Rome uncovered a colossal ancient marble head near Trajan’s Forum, possibly depicting Emperor Trajan or the ...

Down and Dirty in Ancient Rome Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow brings the everyday realities of the classical world — including its toilets and ... the department’s first classical archaeologist. By 2000, she ...

The Museum of Fine Arts has announced Anastasia Christophilopoulou as the new George D. and Margo Behrakis Chair, Art of Ancient Greece and Rome. She will replace Christine Kondoleon, who served ...

A recent discovery in the United Kingdom shows that chunky jewelry has always been in fashion – even in Ancient Rome. Wessex Archaeology announced the discovery of the unusual eight-sided ring ...

An idyllic commune of romantic cobbled streets, Nemi's history stretches back thousands of years: ancient villas from Rome's late Republican period (roughly between 200 and 27 B.C.) have been ...

Ancient authors record that during the reign of Emperor Gallienus (jointly with his father from A.D. 253– 260, then alone from A.D. 260– 268) Germanic tribes made incursions into the Italian ...

An Italian museum has called on patrons to "respect art" after a couple was filmed breaking a chair covered in hundreds of ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs ...