Using modern evidence of lead pollution and its health effects, the international team calculates that lead exposure in the ...

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

In 9 AD, Arminius led a Germanic ambush, destroying 3 Roman legions in Teutoburg Forest. Warning: this episode contains accounts of violence that some listeners may find disturbing.

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure ...

However, Belisarius’ name lives on chiefly because of his military ventures after these early events, which saw him lead Roman armies to victory over the Vandal Kingdom of North Africa in the ...

Learn about the journey of the Greek language from its ancient origins to the vernacular of modern Greece through the lens of ...

However it soon became tolerated. The earliest Christian object found in Wales is a vessel with the ancient Christian symbol ...

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

A recent study published in Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology has shown that Roman rule, which occurred ...

Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.

Standing before the Solway Firth, with Scotland beyond encased in a grey-blue damp, was one single windswept pine, defiant ...

How did lead pollution contribute to the fall of the Roman empire? Smelting played a very ... and lead was used to a great extent in plumbing and construction. The overuse of lead, particularly ...