A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...

It is believed that the bikini was a 20th century invention, but an ancient mosaic reveals women in Rome wore it while ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...

Dress like a stylish local on your trip to Europe with these helpful tips that will prevent you from standing out as a tourist while still being comfortable.

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

A new exhibition in London (open until February 2026) called Thirst: In search of freshwater highlights how civilizations ...

Rome is trending as a much-buzzed-about vacation choice. Gaze at iconic landmarks, hushed hideaways, dreamy hotels, culinary ...

Several ancient objects of historical and archaeological value, from the Ancient, Roman, and Byzantine periods, dating from ...

Archaeologists in Germany excavated part of an ancient Roman military camp and found typical artifacts and a very rare pot, officials said. Photo from EggensteinEsca GmbH / M. Zur-Schaepers via ...

In the ancient world, the lion was not merely a decorative motif. It was, first and foremost, the emblem of the Tribe of Judah – ‘Judah is a lion’s whelp’” (Genesis 49:9).

You'd expect to find a rare ancient Roman helmet in Rome, but where this one was found reveals just how far the Roman Empire fought from home.