Could a 3000 year old invention be keeping us cool in modern times? The answer to that is yes, ancient technology could play ...

The Ancient Graffiti Project, a research team that has included around 70 people over the past several years to locate and study graffiti from the early Roman Empire, has painstakingly documented and ...

The Vigiles were Rome’s own firefighters, in charge of reducing fire hazards in the city, as well as street crime.

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The application of poison to hunting weapons is thought to have originated about 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, along with the invention of projectile technology ... contribution of archaeobotany (the ...

From flying cars to ancient earthquake detectors to automated doors, it turns out the world has been filled with futuristic inventions far longer than we realized. Today, seismologists use ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around 6,000 years. They consist of about 3,000 stones ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...

Ancient History and Archaeology, for her research project: The invention of Roman republican speech: Valerius Maximus Facta et dicta. The research will centre around Valerius Maximus’ Facta et dicta ...