In 1847 William Henson invented the hoe-shaped razor that most of us have in our medicine cabinets, and in 1895 a traveling ...

Archaeologists are now three years into a five-year dig at a Roman fort. Earlier this year the excavation made headlines when eight shoes which were at least 30cm (11.8in) long - the equivalent of a ...

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including roundworm, whipworm, and Giardia — the first time Giardia has been identified in ...

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It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments ...

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian’s Wall, has shown that the occupants were infected by three types of intestinal parasite – roundworm, whipworm, and ...

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In the Roman army, failure on the battlefield wasn’t just punished—it was paid for in blood. When a legion broke ranks or fled, commanders could order decimation, a terrifying ritual where soldiers ...

The cookbook author joined "GMA" on Tuesday to share the delicious dishes. Food writer, chef, and recipe developer Alison Roman has had plenty of dishes soar to viral acclaim online, and her simple ...

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great Britain to North Africa and has added more than 60,000 miles of roads that ...

Excavations at Bremenium Fort, the northernmost fort along Hadrian’s Wall in England, revealed a host of Roman artifacts. A wide variety of pottery, metalwork, soldiers’ tools, and more shed some ...