When looking for the origin of microbiology, it is typical to refer to the latter part of the 19th century, when it developed ...

Researchers at Israel identified remains tied to a Roman funerary pig ritual, offering rare insight into Roman military ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city – or so we thought ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

Archaeologists were preparing for the construction of a new housing development when they found more than 100 equine ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal near an ancient military fort in Oberstimm, Germany. The highly ...

According to a recent study, the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), a climate crisis in the 6th century lasting 200 to 300 years, may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire ...

(Image Credit: Dr Christopher Spencer, Queen's University, Canada) Though the collapse of the Roman Empire can be tied to a variety of factors, recent research has suggested that an ice age began on ...

"It also raises important questions about the importance and transport of exotic animals across the Roman Empire." The study, published in the journal PLOS One, was led by Tim Thompson, professor ...

A newly excavated horse cemetery in Germany dates to Roman times.

Well-preserved Roman-era soldiers' dwellings were unearthed, providing a clear picture of daily life at the fortress during ...