Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...

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

Excavations of sewer drains at a Roman fort in northern England have revealed the presence of several parasites that can ...

Roundworms are eight- to 12-inches-long and live in the intestines, They can cause abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea. The types of roundworms typically in humans include pinworms and ascariasis, but ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely ...

A snowman scholar provides the backstory on snow figures through the ages.

Pitt looked at 372 non-adult skeletons (mostly infants and toddlers) and 274 adult females from 24 different sites across ...

Hadrian’s Wall stretched 80 Roman miles, from coast to coast. A monumental feat of engineering that marked the edge of the ...

All those are good deeds, but one tale of St. Nick is a great deed that stands head and shoulders above the others; St.

From drunken student toga parties to the 12 million annual visitors to the Colosseum – the might of ancient Rome has echoed down the centuries in all sorts of unexpected ways. Roman buildings, ...

A new digital map presents the vast Roman road network. Photo of part of ancient Via Egnatia in Kavala, Greece. Credit: Philipp Pilhofer CC BY-SA 3.0 A new digital, interactive map reveals the vast ...

Researchers have launched Itiner-e, an interactive digital map tracing 300,000 kilometers of ancient Roman roads. The project reveals a far more extensive Roman network than previously believed, ...