This practice reflects the Romans' resourcefulness in using available materials for medicine, despite modern views on hygiene ...

A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.

After months of dallying and endless speculations, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State finally broke ranks ...

After months of dallying and endless speculations, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State finally broke ranks with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his in-law, mentor and political godfather.

This walking tour follows the route from Piazza Navona to the Pantheon in Rome, Italy. The video shows historic buildings, ...

From the mischievous Cupid of Roman art to Plato’s lofty ideas of Platonic love, Greek and Roman literature reveals a complex, often chaotic view of romance. Poets like Ovid and Sulpicia chronicled ...

Researchers led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Center have identified genetic variants associated ...

Sarah Mullally’s confirmation as the first female archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday is a landmark in Christian and wider religious history, capping decades of change on women’s ordination and ...

This is the introduction to Plot Twist, our weekly culture newsletter, in which correspondents spotlight important authors ...

A new, non-peer-reviewed report argues that Egypt’s Great Pyramid may be far older than the familiar Old Kingdom timeline, proposing an age in the order of tens of thousands of years. The claim hinges ...

Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a ...

This selective memory is not unique to Troy. Across history, spectacular collapses dominate how we imagine the past: Rome ...