So, how did ancient armies handle waste? Let’s find out. The Roman war machine paved the way. We can never know precisely how ancient armies handled day-to-day waste management, but ancient Rome ...

Two well-preserved Roman shoes from 2,000 years ago were recently found by volunteers at the Magna fort in the United Kingdom ...

Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...

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The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...

Ancient armies used ants as natural sutures to close wounds during battle. In India, Africa, and South America, soldiers and indigenous tribes employed large ants with strong mandibles to bite ...

Digging into the chalky orange-brown soil of western Germany, archaeologists exposed the ruins of an ancient Roman military ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...

More than 3,000 years ago, two ancient armies clashed in a river valley in what’s now northern Germany. No one is sure who took part in the conflict or the disagreement that led to the bloodshed ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Students locate ancient Roman army camp beyond empire’s northern border. See it By Aspen Pflughoeft. May 28, 2025 10:45 AM.

Warfare is a dangerous business. But one of its most persistent killers isn’t the enemy. It's disease, often brought on by poor sanitation and waste management. Cholera, typhus (after its first ...