Tracing temple-studded coastlines and rivers that gave birth to epoch-shaping civilizations, these sailings reveal how the ...

The presence of lead in things like gasoline and paint up until the 1970s presented a bevy of problems for Americans, not the ...

Did lead poisoning contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire? It’s a question historians have long debated, since the Romans ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

Evidence shows women gladiators fought in front of crowds in Ancient Rome. Evidence shows us that women gladiators fought in ...

Ellen Green, a postgraduate researcher with the University of Reading, analyzed “Quarry 1” from the Nescot site and found “it ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice ...

Joining Kate today is the one, the only Mary Beard, to take us back to Ancient Rome and help separate the facts from the ...

A search for a rumored Roman estate in Germany led archaeologists to something much larger: the ruins of an ancient Roman ...

In today’s health headlines, what we learn about lead poisoning from ancient Rome. Also, putting the first bird flu death ...

One of the greatest military rivalries of the ancient world featured dramatic scenes of elephants crossing the Alps, and a ...