Less adventurous eaters today see snails as a garden pest, and are quick to point out that freshly shucked oysters are not ...

Oysters and escargot are recognised as luxury foods around the world – but they were once valued by the lower classes as ...

From mother and baby bonds to linguistic traits, animal studies have helped us understand many of the peculiarities of human ...

It is commonly believed that the Romans copied the Greek pantheon, merely changing the names of the gods. In reality, it wasn ...

Pliny the Elder's account tells that Cleopatra boasted to Antony that she could spend ten million sesterces on one dinner. During dessert at the next banquet, Cleopatra called for a goblet of vinegar.

The ancient Greek city of Pergamon in Anatolia flourished and enjoyed a long period of glory forging a successful alliance ...

When I was five I was given an autograph album and asked my mother to christen it with the first entry. This is what she ...

The industry is about 350 years old. There’s a reason Paris is at its heart. See who invented the design label. Where colour trends were born. And how all this affects you.

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

Whip out one of these Latin phrases next time you want to impress at a party. After all, omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina ...

Researchers at Israel identified remains tied to a Roman funerary pig ritual, offering rare insight into Roman military ...

It may come as no surprise, therefore, that one of the world’s oldest surviving cookbooks, De Re Coquinaria (On the Topic of Cooking) is ancient Roman.