New research examines how lead was used in Rome in daily life, and what archaeological evidence reveals about its health effects.

Caillan Davenport receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Shushma Malik does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

From gladiators to vomitoriums, delve into Rome’s most persistent myths and find out what really happened. A conservationist restores a Roman bust. Many Roman statues appear starkly white today. Yet ...

Part station, part museum, two new subway stops in Rome offer riders the chance to see ancient artifacts unearthed in digging for the stations. By Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo, who has ...

Ancient Rome was the capital city of an empire that encompassed some 70 million inhabitants. An international research team now reports on data from a genetic study suggesting that, just as all roads ...