The mysterious Lycurgus Cup is a convincing artifact indicating that, possibly unbeknownst to them, the ancient Romans used ...

Gray whales are only found in the Pacific Ocean these days, and the few remaining North Atlantic right whales hang out along the coast of the U.S. But before whaling devastated their populations, both ...

Made from leavened batter or dough cooked between two patterned plates, waffles are thought to be one of the oldest desserts around. Often topped with honey, whipped cream, syrup or jam, they’re ideal ...

Screen shot of an Illustration of a colony from a 6th century CE manuscript called the Codex Arcerianus, which is a copy of the earlier collected works that guided Roman land surveyors as they marked ...

Recently on Instagram Massimo Osanna, the outgoing director of excavations at Pompeii, posted an image of an elaborately painted thermopolium. If you aren’t familiar with the name, it’s essentially ...

To a historian of ancient Rome like Mary Beard, it’s always timely to talk about the empire. But her new book about the daily lives of Roman Emperors, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, ...

Piers Mitchell has previously received research funding from the British Academy, the Wellcome Trust, and the Natural Environment Research Council Prior to the Romans, Greece was the only part of ...

Alice Birch’s latest play offers two modish genres for the price of one: the trauma narrative and the earnest inquiry into masculinity. By Houman Barekat Reviewing from London “Romans: A Novel” has a ...