A new study has bolstered the theory that a dramatic climate shift known as the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) played a ...

The ancient Romans were pioneers in many aspects of medicine, but their treatments and surgeries were often painful, gruesome ...

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

Sometime between the mid-first century and early second century CE, Roman legionaries clashed with Germanic fighters near the ...

The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I came close to uniting the former Roman Empire less than a century after its fall. However, ...

America has been around long enough that an article in the magazine’s back pages actually commemorates the last centennial ...

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...

As the Roman Empire expanded and became richer, its wealthy citizens demanded increasing amounts of luxury items, especially ...

The holiday of Pesach, or Passover, falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of Nissan 15-22. Passover begins before sundown on ...

Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.

When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems, Peter ...

Relying on leeks, potatoes, and a Pompeiian baking technique, Irina Georgescu finds culinary inspiration east of the Danube ...