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Some ancient Greek and Roman philosophers supported vegetarianism. Killing animals for pleasure causes people to develop the ...
Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once believed ...
The thousands of fragments once formed an enormous fresco that decorated around 20 walls in a building in central London.
The story of the human race is a story of technology. One of our ancestors created fire and passed that knowledge along to ...
A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...
The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...
Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...
Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...
Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...
The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...
We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...