An ancient English cemetery filled with headless skeletons holds proof that the victims lost their heads a long way from home, archaeologists say. Unearthed between 2004 and 2005 in the northern city ...

Made from leavened batter or dough cooked between two patterned plates, waffles are thought to be one of the oldest desserts around. Often topped with honey, whipped cream, syrup or jam, they’re ideal ...

To a historian of ancient Rome like Mary Beard, it’s always timely to talk about the empire. But her new book about the daily lives of Roman Emperors, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, ...

Shea Gunther is a writer, entrepreneur, and podcaster living in Portland, Maine. He covers topics such as renewable energy, climate change, and nature. The Roman Empire was the world's first ...

Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing concrete.

A recent discovery in the United Kingdom shows that chunky jewelry has always been in fashion – even in Ancient Rome. Wessex Archaeology announced the discovery of the unusual eight-sided ring in a ...

In Britain, at the northernmost edge of the empire, Rome’s normal strategies for command and control of its provinces failed horribly. For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat and ...

Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...