This video dives into the art of building a legendary deli-style sandwich, where layers of carefully selected meats, cheeses, ...

Ancient Roman graves discovered beneath Croatia's bustling coastal city of Zadar reveal cremation and burial practices spanning nearly 500 years of history.

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown cluster of Roman tombs beneath a modern street in southern Rome, complete with preserved painted decoration and symbolic figures. The discovery exposes ...

Roman leader Julius Caesar is said to have kept a stock of it in the treasury. Ancient writer Pliny the Elder says Rome's Emperor Nero owned the last stalk of it. And some have suggested rampant ...

A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for researchers of Roman history. Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Romans enjoyed a variety of snacks when attending events at the Colosseum. Recent archaeological findings have uncovered remnants of these foods, and interestingly, ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a scientist ...

Olives, but also cereals and fruit like pears, as well as nuts like almonds: these were all traditional cultivations in Ancient Roman times (Image created with ChatGPT) Alongside cereal fields, there ...

Archaeologists in Italy recently unearthed preserved food remains in ancient Pompeii that reveal what enslaved people ate before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius — including beans and fruit. In a ...

Ancient Romans in Britain were riddled with intestinal parasites that spread through human feces. Roundworms and whipworms both live in the intestine and cause various ailments, including abdominal ...