The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

Babies were weaned earlier in cities in the Roman Empire than in smaller and more rural communities, according to a study of ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the ...

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

Archaeologists recently concluded their excavation of an area in Luxembourg that contained a hoard of 141 ancient Roman coins, now worth six figures in modern U.S. dollars.

The Roman Empire was a force unlike any other, shaping the ancient world through innovation, conquest, and culture. This ...

Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old private spa complex thought to be the most elaborate ever found in the ancient Roman ...

Edward “Ted” James Champlin, the Cotsen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, and professor of classics, emeritus, died of ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

A new study turned to Arctic ice core records between 500 BCE through 600 CE to find a link between lead pollution and ...