A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used large lava stone mills (or “querns”) turned by mules or donkeys. Then there ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a lavish Roman-era villa adorned with colorful frescoes and a unique fish pond in the ancient ...

Engineers believe Hadrian’s Aqueduct, which was constructed in the second century, can help the city conserve dwindling water supplies amid worsening droughts.

Ancient civilizations showcased remarkable ingenuity, creating advanced technologies that continue to fascinate us. The ...

Bulgaria was on the frontier of the Roman Empire, part of the 1,800km-long Danube Limes of forts and fortified cities. Plovdiv is the oldest continually-inhabited city in Europe; and the modern ...

From antiquity to modern times, the city has been rife with creatures that creep, slither, scurry and nest among its pillars and palaces ...

Irshad Ahmad Mughal & Dr. Qurat-Ul-Ain Rana The streets of Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad have turned into rivers again – ...

There’s been a lot of buzz around Conor Dougherty’s recent New York Times piece, “Why America Should Sprawl.” The article ...

A reflection on ongoing public criticism that the Springboks’ success is being used to distract from South Africa’s deepening ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.

Concealed for decades, a huge network of chambers beneath Rome’s Capitoline Hill is to be opened up to the public, revealing ...