Under an ordinary living room, a family home in northeastern France concealed an extraordinary secret: three buried jars ...

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...

Learn how parasites preserved in an ancient sewer reveal how disease spread among Roman soldiers.

From party invitations to requests for warm socks, letters discovered at Vindolanda, England gave first-hand accounts of everyday life inside a Roman fort. Roman outpostAn aerial view shows the ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Roman soldiers stationed on the edge of the empire faced more than cold winds, enemy raids, and ...

Merida already holds a reputation for stunning Roman remains, yet a newly documented mosaic panel featuring Medusa adds a fresh jolt to the city’s archaeological record. Her swirling hair, fierce ...

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

Claire Khokhar, a Tennessee native, has always been fascinated by ancient history. As an undergraduate at the University of Memphis, Khokhar majored in history with a minor in classics. She even had ...

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 ...