According to a new study published Monday in the journal PNAS, the Roman Empire's mining of silver put so much lead in the air that it made everyone dumber. Crushing ore deposits to extract the ...

Credit: Andrew Williams/Norfolk County Council Metal detectorists in the east of England have discovered a cache of Roman silver coins that depict several emperors and even some of their wives.

The UK is home to many ancient sites, but few are as fascinating as the abandoned Roman gold mines hidden in the Welsh countryside. The Dolaucothi Gold Mines in Carmarthenshire date back over ...