The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...

So how did these unusual ingredients become items of conspicuous consumption? From Garden Snail to Gastronomy Eating what many consider to be a slimy nuisance seems almost counter-intuitive, but ...

by Pliny, the Elder Publication date 1855 Topics Natural History Publisher London : Henry G. Bohn Collection usnationallibraryofmedicine; medicalheritagelibrary; americana; medicallibrary Contributor ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

Beneath the waters of the port of Misenum in the Italian town of Bacoli, a team of archaeologists and underwater heritage ...

Using a smartphone as a key enables you to open and close doors remotely (handy if you aren’t sure whether you locked the front door when you left the house) or provide temporary access to guests. As ...

Fossilized brachiopods found on Mogador Island puzzle researchers, they’re over 100 million years old, yet buried in ...

by Pliny, the Elder; Bostock, John, 1773-1846, translator; Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878, translator Publication date 1855 Topics Natural History Collection usnationallibraryofmedicine; ...

Talk to anyone today, and they will probably have something to say about how expensive life has become. While the rate of ...

The pair’s podcast collaboration was a depressing inevitability.