A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.

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Dalrymple saiys India exported luxury goods such as ivory, pepper, silk, cotton, and aromatic products like nard (Himalayan ...

People, and men in particular, have long mixed solid science and serious quackery in the pursuit of longevity.

Tracing temple-studded coastlines and rivers that gave birth to epoch-shaping civilizations, these sailings reveal how the ...

Tracing temple-studded coastlines and rivers that gave birth to epoch-shaping civilizations, these sailings reveal how the ...

We love a taste “sensation” but where do flavours actually come from? How might rainforest taste? And what’s sonic seasoning?

The necklace featured more than 64 carats of crystal opals.

Pliny the Elder’s lifework, the Natural History, was a colossal monument to his insatiable inquisitiveness: thirty-seven volumes, crammed with facts strip-mined from some two thousand works, covering ...

Bread has been intricately woven into human history for thousands of years, and ancient Greece was no exception.