An archaeological treasure was discovered during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, which tells a story of the Trojan War very ...
At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...
Volunteer archaeologists are set to return to the remains of a Roman settlement after making the most significant discovery ...
Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination ...
Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including roundworm, whipworm, and Giardia — the first time Giardia has been identified in ...
An ancient historian at the University of Leicester has found that the Rutland mosaic presents a version of the Trojan War that differs from the story told in Homer’s Iliad. Researchers studying what ...
Archaeologists analyzing a Roman sewer at Vindolanda uncover evidence soldiers lived with chronic gut parasites despite ...
The Romans oversaw one of the largest and most important empires in history – these are the most extraordinary treasures they ...
The Celtic languages spoken today – namely Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and Breton – all descend from Celtic languages once spoken across Britain and Ireland in antiquity. While the ...