The Dirt on the Dark Ages in Greece
The explanations for the sudden collapse of civilization in the Dark Age have ranged from believing it was the result of the invasion of another society to a catastrophic climatic event.
Images in Roman mosaics meant to dispel the envious
Driving away bad luck, the evil eye and, in short, envious people—this was one of the purposes of mosaics in Ancient Rome
Roman and Pictish silver hoard uncovered in Scotland
Archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen’s Northern Picts project and National Museums Scotland have unearthed a hoard of Late Roman and Pictish silver buried in a field in Aberdeenshire.
A Feast 30,000 Years Ago: People ate mammoth, dogs got reindeer
Did prehistoric people collect this precious raw material from carcasses – easy to spot on the big cold steppe – or were they the direct result of hunting for food?
Health Care in Ancient Egypt
By combining an analysis of written artifacts with a study of skeletal remains, Stanford postdoctoral scholar Anne Austin is creating a detailed picture of care and medicine in the ancient world.
Population boom, droughts contributed to collapse of ancient Assyrian Empire
Researchers draw parallels between decline of Assyrian civilization and today’s situation in Syria and Iraq
A Youth Organization in the Roman Empire
In Roman Egypt, 14-year-old boys were enrolled in a youth organization in order to learn to be good citizens.
Greek Bronze Age ended 100 years earlier than thought, new evidence suggests
Conventional estimates for the collapse of the Aegean civilization may be incorrect by up to a century, according to new radiocarbon analyses. While historical chronologies traditionally place the end of the Greek Bronze Age at around 1025 BCE, this latest research suggests a date 70 to 100 years earlier.
Roman-Britons had less gum disease than modern Britons
The Roman-British population from c. 200-400 AD appears to have had far less gum disease than we have today, according to a study of skulls at the Natural History Museum led by a King’s College London periodontist.
Roman-Britons had less gum disease than modern Britons
The Roman-British population from c. 200-400 AD appears to have had far less gum disease than we have today, according to a study of skulls at the Natural History Museum led by a King’s College London periodontist.