The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Worse yet, trade generated wealth outside of the direct control of the landholding elites who dominated politics in nearly every ancient society. Yet the Roman Empire benefited greatly from ...

Mangled bones found at a one-time manufacturing facility pinpoint species used to make a quintessential condiment.

When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they often led to higher prices, ... About 50 million sesterces a year, he reckoned, was spent on trade from India alone. In reality, ...

On the coast of the Irish Sea, the headland of Drumanagh once served as a trading post two millennia ago. The Irish fort connected the island nation to England and northern Europe where the Roman ...

This is what a surgical clinic looked like in ancient Rome. Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, ... This would explain the presence of objects outside the city’s typical trading circles.

Avoid Taxes in Ancient Rome?: A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves.