Almost every Roman city had large public latrines, where many people - often 20 or more - could relieve themselves in remarkably opulent settings. This video explores how the use, decoration, and ...

He was the mathematician who ran through the streets shouting “Eureka!” — but that was only a glimpse of his genius.

After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal.The ...

It’s the ultimate post-school PTSD dream, but this week’s incident in which more than 100 Year 12 students studied for the ...

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light ...

When his lecture ended, I turned to my friend beside me and whispered, ” I need to give that pot back.” My brother still ...

This is just one of the grisly examples given in The Atlas Of Deadly Plants, a tome of toxic tales by expert gardener, podcaster and author Jane Perrone, from medieval scammers peddling white bryony ...

Only one horror film has ever terrorised me so completely that I didn’t sleep at all the night after watching it. It’s at number 37 on the top 50 below, which is an attempt to sort almost 130 years of ...

Ravine Gardens State Park in Palatka, Florida is exactly that kind of haven. Nestled along the banks of the St. Johns River in a town that many travelers zoom past on their way to more famous ...

Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

Archaeologists recently discovered a massive 2,000-year-old stone basin in ancient Gabii, Italy, revealing early Roman public ...

The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman ...