Upper-class men and women in ancient Egypt commonly defined their eyes with kohl—a dark powder made from lead sulfide. Strangely, the makeup seemed ... All Roads Lead to Rome Though Romans ...

From the Campidoglio’s exalted heights, ancient travelers gazed at a rich urban tapestry below. Rome was the largest metropolis the world had ever seen, and its marble structures, the Greek ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

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When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed. © Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...