Explore the history of focaccia bread. Learn how ancient farmers created flavorful flatbreads with intricate recipes.

A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.

Archaeologists from Ghent and Warsaw University uncovered the secrets of how Romans preferred their wine two thousand years ago.

Archaeologists searching for a rumored Roman estate in Neckargartach unearthed an ancient Roman highway and roadside town with a temple. Photo from Matthias Göden, LAD/ArchaeoConnect GmbH A ...

Archaeologists have discovered a huge private bathhouse in a grand Roman house in Pompeii, complete with hot, warm and cold ...

The intricately crafted coffin dates back more than 1,500 years. Researchers say it weighs around 1,650 pounds, "comparable to an adult male polar bear" Sonja Anderson Using Arctic ice core ...

The Eternal City is filled with excellent pasta restaurants, from hole-in-the-wall local trattorias to fancier ristorantes.

While the drive-thru window might seem like a pretty modern culinary invention, its roots may actually reach back much, much further than you'd expect.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

An ancient Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum game board. Credit: wneuheisel / CC BY 2.0 Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Hadrianopolis in Turkey’s Karabük Province have unearthed two Roman bone ...

Lead pollution likely led to widespread declines in IQ during the ancient Roman era, a study has found. The negative health effects of lead exposure in modernity have been widely recognized.